First Line: 
There are bridges, bridges in the sky

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Bill Staines

About the Song

"Bridges" was first released as the title track of Bill's 1988 album.

There are bridges, bridges in the sky, they are shining in the sun
They are stone & steel & wood & wire, they can change two things to one
They are languages & letters, they are poetry & awe
They are love & understanding & they’re better than a wall (repeat last 2 lines)

C run FG C /   //: G Am F G / C run FG C ://

There are canyons, there are canyons, they are yawning in the night

They are rank & bitter anger & they are all devoid of light
They are fear & blind suspicion, they are apathy & pride
They are dark & so foreboding & they’re oh, so very wide...

Let us build a bridge of music, let us cross it with a song
Let us span another canyon, let us right another wrong
Oh & if someone should ask us, where we’re off & bound today
We will tell them, “building bridges” & be off and on our way...

- lyrics & music by Bill Staines (c) Mineral River Music. All rights reserved.

Translation(s)

Translation: 

Spanish lyrics ("Puentes") by Dean Stevens:

Canto de puentes, muchos puentes, en el sol se ven brillar
De madera hierro y piedra pueden dos a uno cambiar
Son lenguajes, son las letras, la poesía, el amor
El asombro, el entendimiento, tumban muros con su fulgor

Hay barrancos que se escuchan en la noche bostezar
Ominosos que conspiran de todo su luz vaciar
El temor, el odio ciego, la indiferencia, el altivez
Son oscuros, peligrosos, y anchos a la misma vez

Construyamos puentes de amistad para cruzar con nuestro son
Corregir otra maldad, atravesar otro cañón
Y si alguien nos pregunta donde es que vamos a andar
A construir los nuevos puentes, nuevos lazos que forjar.
Construyendo nuevos puentes, nuevos lazos que forjar
- Used by permission. From his album "Seeds". 

 

 

Alt Lyrics

New 3rd verse by Patty Penrose-Cashman

Let us build a bridge of music, let us cross it with a song
Let us span another canyon, let us right another wrong
We will build a bridge of harmony that is found in songs for all
Built of love & understanding that is better than a wall
We will build a bridge of harmony that is found in voices all
Built of love & understanding that is better than a wall
Built of love & understanding & far better than a wall.

Used by permisson.