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Beautiful City

from Local Life by Dave Perkins

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Beautiful City
Words and Music by Dave Perkins
August 2015 Dreambox (ASCAP)

I see the beautiful city rising
Brick by brick, stone by stone, living breathing body, bone by bone
I see the beautiful city rising

Sometimes you glimpse it in the distance—the place they said could not exist
Now I’m pushed on by a vision I can’t resist
With workers who are worthy—I’ve come to lend a hand
‘cause I see the beautiful city

I see the beautiful city rising, rising
Brick by brick, stone by stone, living breathing body, bone by bone
I see the beautiful city

Twelve gates to the city—wide open
To welcome the weak, forgotten, and the broken
Lift up your heads you ancient doors
Be lifted up for hope and peace evermore
I see the beautiful city

I see the beautiful city, rising
Brick by brick, stone by stone, living breathing body, bone by bone
I see the beautiful city rising

Come, let’s build together—the blueprints and plans
Passed down from the prophets into our hands
We’ll build it side by side
Scratch our names on the foundation for our children to find
When they’re building their beautiful city

I see the beautiful city, rising
Like an arrow shot true—like a prayer finally breaking through
I see the beautiful city rising
Like a banner, like a fanfare rising like desire—holy fire
Brick by brick, stone by stone, living breathing body, bone by bone, bone by bone
I see the beautiful city rising
I see the beautiful city rising —rising—rising . . .

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from Local Life, released June 12, 2023

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Dave Perkins Tennessee

Dave Perkins' musical journey crisscrosses the map of American music. As guitarist, he played bluegrass and swing with Vassar Clements, renegade-country with Jerry Jeff Walker, singer-songwriter pop with Carole King, Americana with Guy Clark, blues-jazz with violinist Papa John Creach, alt-rock with Chagall Guevara, industrial hard-core with Passafist, and a video performance with Ray
Charles.
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