We're gonna need a bigger boat
For those of us who want more than home
For those of us left holding the rope
Staying afloat, staying afloat
We're gonna make a bigger plan
Knowing that we should
And because we can
Honor what the whole world
demands of all of us
It started early with the house on fire
The room spilling up with smoke
Mama said that we should get outside
Daddy said that we should cope
Then came howlin' the
winds of change
Everything we knew, we arranged
We decided rather than complain
We're gonna need a bigger boat
We're gonna make a better way,
those of us who want more
than just to pray
Knowing that the kingdom will be gained
when we are changed, truly changed
We are riding these nights,
all of the children wondering why
Anyone could ever deny
Any one of us
We started heaving with the rising sea
And all the currents they put forth
Mama said if you could not hear me
I'm gonna turn the volume up
Daddy said if we would bide our time,
maybe everything would
be just fine
But instead we built a bigger ride,
for all of us
All aboard, for all of us
All aboard, every one of us
All aboard, for all of us
All aboard,
every one of us
We're gonna need a bigger boat
Those of us who want so
much more than home
For those of us left holding the rope,
stay in a float.