Forever Friends | World Quaker Songbook 2024

'Forever Friends' from the World Quaker Songbook, performed by Friend and musician ‪@amyduckettwagner5764‬
The songbook is produced by the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) to bring together songs and hymns known by Quakers across the world, ahead of the 2024 World Plenary Meeting in South Africa. To find out more and download the songbook, head to fwcc.world/wpm
Follow the lyrics and sing along:
It’s a jigsaw puzzle world,
With walls and borders,
Broken lines divide our land,
But the world is just one place,
And all the strangers on its face
Belong to God,
Who calls us to be friends.
And we are Friends forever,
We are Friends forever,
And our work on Earth is just begun.
Through the pain and pleasure,
We will stand together,
We are friends forever,
We are one.
All the barbwire in the world
Cannot divide us,
Only fear can build a fence,
So a spirit that can reach across
The fence around us each
Is sent from God,
So we can live as friends.
Chorus
It’s a simple faith that binds us all together,
With a love that never ends,
And together we will join our hands,
And reach around the world.
We are the Lord’s,
And we shall live as friends.
Chorus x 2