Through famine, flood and choking mud the ancient river flows Bringing life and death, transporting friend and foe
To build their cities by its banks the hopeful people chose Fortify the walls - the fortress grows Secure within the confines of the stone But what awaited them they couldn't have known
Healing waters of the Tigris Ever flowing and all knowing Healing waters of the Tigris Washing over me
612 BC the Tigris floods and builds in turbulence Pagan land of Nineveh - self-righteous over confidence The rising torrent crushes stone and courses on its way
God's judgment on that fateful day - a terrible price to pay The greatest city of all - Nineveh - with towering city walls The awesome power of the swollen river Tigris - caused that massive city to fall
Healing waters of the Tigris Ever flowing and all knowing Living water of Jehovah Balm of Gilead
