In June 1967, I sat in a makeshift bomb shelter in Talpiot,
Jerusalem, listening to mortar shells whiz overhead and explode all around us.
A few days later, on the holiday of Shavuos,
I stood in awe by the Western Wall.
Nothing would ever be the same again.
One day, I was walking along the street in Jerusalem and the
first line of this song came to me. Later that night, I wrote the rest. You can
listen to the song or download it (free) here.
Come walk with me through the streets of this city.
Let her living stones welcome you home.
Let us walk her winding roads, lanes and alleys.
Walk the streets of Jerusalem
Jerusalem calls aloud
And we are her echo.
Jerusalem shimmers
And the world is set aglow.
City of souls
And the soul of a People.
Come to Jerusalem
Come back home!
All our struggles, hopes, passions, tears, desires,
All that was promised us, in the shape of earth and stone.
All our prayers, we pray, facing toward Jerusalem.
Dear Lord, make our prayers Your own.
Jerusalem calls aloud
And we are her echo.
Jerusalem shimmers
And the world is set aglow.
City of souls
And the soul of a People.
Come to Jerusalem
Come back home!
A wall of stone, where each stone is a beating heart.
A thousand streets and alleys that ring with song and
prayer.
Learn, love, laugh, and live in the city of Jerusalem.
Walk her streets; breathe her air.
Jerusalem calls aloud
And we are her echo.
Jerusalem shimmers
And the world is set aglow.
City of souls
And the soul of a People.
Come to Jerusalem
Come back home!
