When Spring did come, it was only for some
Locked behind bars, speaking of kingdom come
Take out your paper and pen, write to everyone
Fill in the margins ‘till thy work is done

Oh the masked man made his plea, a call for unity
But the sinner who walks to see, listen here he
It's an inescapable network of mutuality
Tide to a single garment called destiny

Oh open the letter of love
Dance in the jubilee
Rising from Birmingham
The cries of destiny

The search for one cause to oppose a civil pause
Unjust unheard, right and wrong laws
Tom you made your case of showing their flaws
And the quiet in his cell made his hands raw

Oh open the letter of love
Dance in the jubilee
Rising form Birmingham
The cries of destiny

Oh silence inside
Words fly by you
Oh voices outside
Words buy into the truth

Why we can't wait to feed the flicker of fate
Charging up and down, selling more hate
A shallow understanding of people of good will
Is a force to be reckoned with even still

Oh open the letter of love
Dance in the jubilee
Rising form Birmingham
The cries of destiny

Oh open the letter of love
Dance in the jubilee
Rising form Birmingham
The cries of destiny