Many Hands, One Purpose (world-music)
This folk-pop take on global collaboration insists the local crew leads and sets the pace, with outside support built around that, not the other way around.
The stories behind Many Hands, One Purpose (world-music)
- "Many Hands, One Purpose" Puts the Local Team in Charge — This folk-pop take on global collaboration insists the local crew leads and sets the pace, with outside support built around that, not the other way around.
Lyrics
Across the miles,
a morning opens wide
A careful voice comes through the other side
Notes on a screen, a question, answers low
A steady hand helps another hand to grow
No one arrives to stand above
meet with listen and patience,
trust and love
Many hands, one purpose, many roads, one light
Sharing what we know with courage,
keeping every doorway bright
From a small room to a crowded ward, from a lesson to a
life restored Many hands, one purpose, we move together
Side by side
A local team knows every name and face
They lead the work, they set the pace
A teacher draws a map beside the bed
A distant mentor follows every thread
The strongest bridge is built this way
With respect for what each neighbor brings today
Many hands, one purpose
Many roads, one light
Sharing what we know with courage
Keeping every doorway bright
From a small room, to a crowded ward
From a lesson, to a life restored
Many hands, one purpose
We move together,
side by side
Let the message cross the mountain
Let the lesson find its place
Let the question shape the answer
Let the partnership grow with grace
Not a promise made for one day
Not a name that claims the way a share is all, a living bond, a
future we can build upon
Many hands, one purpose, many hearts, one song
Every voice becomes a pathway, helping someone carry on
From the workshop to the classroom door, from the hospital to communities restored
Restore many hands, one purpose
We belong Where we belong
One purpose, one purpose
We take care, we carry on, many hands, one purpose
Together,
together,
across the distance, side by side
Together,
together,
for every life with open eyes
Many hands, one purpose, one purpose,
we move together
Side by side
Across the miles, the morning opens wide
And every helping hand is reaching
side by side
