Take a ride back in history   Let's review the facts of eternity   To the children of Israel   And the burning sands and the desert heat      Bitter hearts in the wilderness   God saw that they would not confess   With a velvet touch and an iron hand   He dragged them to the promise land      Everything that can be will be   Everything that can be will be      Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   God is going to shake the whole thing down      Raise your hands children lift them high   Let's join our hearts walk in the light   There's a desert, there's a wilderness   Separating us from a better life      See, together we can walk through fire   We can face the flame, we can reach the higher   Ground that waits is the promise land   'Cause only faith and love will stand      And everything that can be will be   Everything that can be will be, yeah, yeah      Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   Some things last forever   Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   Some things fade away   Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   God is going to shake the whole thing down   Shake the whole thing down      Everything that can be will be   Everything that can be will be   Everything that can be will be   Everything that can be will be      Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   Some things fade away   Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   This hope and love will last eternally      Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   Some things last forever   Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   Some things fade away   Shaken, shaken, shaken, shaken   God is going to shake the whole thing   God is going to shake the whole thing   God is going to shake the whole thing down