Thunder on the water waves in flight
One great shout against the night
Yellow sand against the sky
Boatmen's chorus harsh and high
Noon sun cracks the bricks below
Step by step the long years flow
Shout and let the canyon ring
Every stone will learn to sing
Thunder on the water shake the land
Even rivers fear a fearless hand
Thunder on the water reach the sky
Bold voice open mountains lie
Thunder on the water one long cry
Nine great bends where eagles fly
Hands on pole the current breaks
Waves above a sky that shakes
Old locust tree with ribbons wound
Ferry crossing generations bound
Shout and let the canyon ring
Every stone will learn to sing
Thunder on the water shake the land
Even rivers fear a fearless hand
Thunder on the water reach the sky
Bold voice open mountains lie
Thunder on the water one long cry
Nine great bends where eagles fly
Sing of water sing of stone
Every river finds a tone
Low and lower high and higher
One great voice becomes a fire
Thunder on the water shake the land
Even rivers fear a fearless hand
Thunder on the water reach the sky
Bold voice open mountains lie
Thunder on the water break the chain
One great shout and dawn again
Waves grow calm and winds grow kind
thunder on the water
Thunder on the water up the sky