Year of nineteen hundred and twelve April the fourteenth day Great titanic struck an iceberg The people had to run and pray God moves Moves God moves And the people had to run and pray The rains came down in twenty-six Louisiana up Arkansas-way The rich and poor, the mother and child The people had to run and pray God moves Moves God moves And the people had to run and pray When the streets of San Francisco Buckled like a horseshoe belt And the fires raged and the buildings fell Oh the pain that those good folks felt God moves Moves God moves And the people had to run and pray Mighty woman, mighty man Living in a world they don't understand Come together it's the only way I'm reaching out, you gotta take my hand God moves Moves God moves And the people had to run and pray God moves Moves God moves And the people had to run and pray