KING OF A LAND
As recorded by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
(From the 2023 Album KING OF A LAND)



[Intro]
      



[Verse 1]
            
If I was a kin

           
g of a land
             
I’d free every

             
 woman and man
            
I’d let them g

     
o
            
I’d set them f

           
ree, to serve 

   
You


[Verse 2]
             
If I knew ever

             
y fish in the 

   
sea
            
And every bird

             
 in the tree
             
I’d hear their

         
 call
             
I’d hear them 

          
speak Your nam

e


[Interlude]
        
          


[Verse 3]
            
If I ran the s

              
chools of this

      
 world
             
I’d teach ever

             
y boy and girl
            
I’d let them l

                 
earn the truth
            
I’d let them k

          
now Your glory


[Verse 4]
            
If I had stair

             
s to the sky
            
I’d raise my v

              
oice up there 

     
high
            
I’d want the w

           
orld to hear
            
Your perfect w

           
ords and thank

   
 You


[Interlude]
      
      


[Verse 5]
            
If I had a mou

             
ntain of gold
            
I’d try to fee

             
d every poor s

   
oul
             
And give them 

         
hope again
            
And let them t

          
aste Your boun

 
ty


[Verse 6]
             
If I could rea

             
ch every dream
             
I still would 

            
search the uns

    
een
           
To find a way

      
             
That leads us 

        
to Your mercy


[Verse 7]
            
If I was a kin

           
g of a land
            
I’d free every

              
 woman and man
            
I’d let them g

      
o
            
I’d set them f

          
ree to serve Y

   
ou


[Outro]