Oh, hear the watchman cry, "The bridegroom is a-coming,"
Oh, hear the watchman cry from midnight's lonely tower,
Listen, the watchman cries, "The wedding feast is dawning,"
Keep watching the eastern sky for the chosen day and hour,
Cry out that the time is near when in clouds of glory he'll appear,
Sing for the end of fear from the midnight's lonely tower,
Oh, hear the watchman cry,
Oh, hear the watchman cry,
Oh, hear the watchman cry,
Oh, hear the watchman cry.

God is raising up a people clothed in light,
Holy people to stand through the watch of the night,
And the cry goes out,
And the cry goes on and on, and on,
Searching out the skies with expecting eyes,
Listen for the cry.

God is raising up a people robed in truth,
And they know what the father has told them to do,
And the cry goes out,
And the cry goes on and on, and on,
All across the land,
The time is at hand,
So listen for the cry.

Don't be left with a lonely heart,
Don't be left in a world of doubt,
You can live in the fatherland,
Love too deep to comprehend,
Do you understand the cry goes out for you'

Will you come and stand the people standing on the heights'
Holy people brave enough to carry on the fight,
And the cry goes out,
And the cry goes on and on, and on,
Crying out from the east,
Shouting out from the west,
Listen for the cry.

Don't be left with a lonely heart,
Don't be left in a world of doubt,
One day there'll be an angel cry, it's gonna shake the Earth and sky,
At last the world will know the reason for the cry.

God is raising up a people,
Hear the cry,
Hear the cry.