Lonely desert below Barren soil neath the sky Only death in the wind Every echo is dry Hills and valleys on fire Mere memories of life Parched and thirsty by day No relief in the night Hunger cries in the heart Groanings reach up, touching heaven Buried hopes start to tremble and breathe again Deep longing is heard All waiting will cease For the Heart of the heavens is love The sky smiles on the earth Releases living rains Great clouds of mercy empty One gives, one gains And both are satisfied The desert and the sky For the Heart of the heavens is love Such tears of grace pour Streams swell into a river Wonder of divine reflection The needy and the Giver And both are satisfied The desert and the sky For the Heart of the heavens The God of the heavens For the Heart of the heavens is love