Summon Hope for Sophia

We summon hope for Sophia and see that spark in her eye
So we summon hope for the world, that it might soften its cry.
Now we turn to the future knowing it’s okay
For it’s there we send Sophia to build a better day.

[Chorus]

Bless this child. Raise this child. Teach this child the truth.
Bless this child. Raise this child. Teach this child to share her love.
Bless this child. Raise this child. Teach this child to give.
Bless this child. Raise this child. Teach this child to speak her mind.

We gather all the children, show them all the stars
Let them keep their freedom to tell us what stars are.
They’ll be free and speak with dignity, have comfort with identity;
They’ll live in peace and liberty,with love and growth for eternity.
They’ll keep our love alive.

We summon hope for the child, hope for humankind,
Summon hope for the planet to help this world survive.
For the birds and the bees and the fireflies,
The rivers and the trees and the mountainsides,
So the moon and the stars and the sun can shine and show us what they are.

We’ll bring every life that we can find in the ark afloat on the sea of the mind.
Spirits of old and young divine will give us a light to shine.
With the birds and the bees and the fireflies,
The rivers and the trees and the mountainsides,
You and I and the shining sky, we’ll build a better day.