As the fireflies buzzed around him   Like so many dancing stars   God told all the angels from Jupiter to Mars      There's a basket in the river   Bearing something dear to me   Embarking on a journey to fulfill his destiny      A pretty maiden on the banks stood with open arms   God put it in her heart   To keep that baby safe from harm      She said "Don't matter where you come from   Now you belong to me"   She was wise enough to know   It was simply meant to be      God was there when the firefly lied   At the angel's side   And the maiden's heart as she played her part   As she scooped him up, headed into town      That's the way it all went down   On the way to Holy Ground   Milk and honey bound      One night that little prince was tossed   Into a stormy prophet's dream   And it took a while for him to understand   What he had seen      When that boy became a man   Those dreams they did transpire   He wandered into the desert   Where he talked to a bush of fire      And a voice said   "I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there with you   Deliver my people out of Pharaoh's chains   And I will see you through"      God was there in the prophet's dream   And the sparkled stream that flowed from the rock   In the burning bush, on the mountain top      All across that desert sand   Fingerprints of the master's hand   He cried out 'Pharaoh I'm headin' back to town'   That's the way it all went down   Milk and honey bound      Yeah, I've come to lead my people out   Milk and honey bound   I've come to lead my people out   I've come to lead my people out   Milk and honey, milk and honey