Wonderin' how to cross the river   On a cold and windy night   With the water ragin' higher   By the moon's shinin' light      Suddenly a man stepped forward   And he looked at all around   He said, "We all must cross this river   We all stand on common ground"      Though I was standin' amongst strangers   I did not know their names   I realized they were with me   And our journey was the same      As he spoke out loud, I looked around me   I could see they knew it too   We would cross or die together   No one man could make it through      There was shelter across the river   Across the water deep and black   As a storm moved in behind us   There was no way to turn back      So, I stepped right up beside him   And took one last look around   That before my eyes I realized   We all stand on common ground   We all stand on common ground      So, many years have come and gone   Since we crossed that river wide   When I look back on that night   It still moves me so inside      This world today is like that river   It's water cold and black   We all must cross together   For there is no turnin' back      For the mountain high or a city street   It's the same old world below our feet   It's time to wake up, people, and take a look around   We all stand on common ground      It's time for every woman and every man   And hold the future in our hands   Wake up and look around   We all stand on common ground   We all stand on common ground