There are bridges, bridges in the sky And they are shining in the sun They are stone and steel and wood and wire And they can change two things to one They are languages and letters They are poetry and awe They are love and understanding And they are better than a wall Now there are canyons, there are canyons They are yawning in the night They are rank and bitter anger They are all devoid of light They are fear and blind suspicion They are apathy and pride They are dark and so foreboding And they are, oh, so very wide. So 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, and if someone should ask us Where we're off and bound today We will tell them "Building Bridges!" And be off and on our way.