Beautiful City

from Godspell Music and Lyrics by

q88 (2011 Broadway Revival Version) Stephen Schwartz
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out of our night of strug - gle, can we see a ray of hope?

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One pale thin ray, reach - ing for the day... we

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can build a beau - ti - ful cit - y, yes, we can, yes, we can. We

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can build a beau - ti - ful cit - y, not a cit - y of an - gels, but

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we can build a cit - y of man.

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We may not reach the end - ing, but we can start

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slow - ly but tru - ly mend - ing, brick by brick, heart by heart.

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Now, may - be now, we start learn - ing how. We

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we can build a cit - y of man. When your trust

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is all but shat - tered, when your faith is all but killed, you can give

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up, bit - ter and bat - tered, or you can slow-ly start to build

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a beau - ti - ful cit - y, yes, we can, yes,

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we can. We can build a beau - ti - ful cit - y, not a

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man. A cit - y of man....

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