Highest Stakes - Bill Champlin

A warm welcome to the new arrivals

You’ve been long overdue

Excuse us for the way we’ve kept our world

Now it’s all up to you

We need some kind of new revival

To save much more than our souls

No Bible’s gonna turn this thing around

No laws will patch up the hole

And the children will teach us of living and caring

I just pray that it happens in time

They will finally reach us through giving and sharing

They will touch us with rhythm and rhyme

We were prayin' for a tribe of teachers

To come and show us the way

To lead us from our own confusion

They’re arriving today

They’ll take us past our T.V. preachers

And take our hands for our eye

We’re so in need of inspiration

And not just another disguise

And the river of life will be flowing and knowing

Then we all will be learning of love

All the love that we have will be showing and growing

And the skies will be clearing above

Let there be no mistakes

The highest stakes of all

Could be gambled away

We’ve always had our cake

This time we ate it all

Will we have it again?

What will tomorrow bring

If everything is gone

Can we stop it today?

'Cause we’ve been borrowing

From children still to come

We’re still looking for one man to save us

While we’re totally blind

We’re the victims of our own expectations

Falling so far behind

We’re neglecting what the Good Lord gave us

When we’re closing our minds

Listen closely to the next generation

They can save us this time

And the children will see through the curtain of darkness

And the river will bring back the day

We’ll be turning our backs on the lying and heartless

And the love will be back here to stay

Let there be no mistakes

The highest stakes of all

Could be gambled away

We’ve always had our cake

This time we ate it all

Will we have it again?

What will tomorrow bring

If everything is gone

Can we stop it today?

'Cause we’ve been borrowing

From children still to come

Heaven knows we need friends

Let there be no mistakes

The highest stakes of all

Could be gambled away

We’ve always had our cake

This time we ate it all

Will we have it again?

What will tomorrow bring

If everything is gone

Can we stop it today?

'Cause we’ve been borrowing

From children still to come