[Verse 1]
On God's green earth the ocean swims in brilliant blues
The yellow sun warms me and you
'Til it's chased by an iridescent moon
On God's green earth
[Verse 2]
On God's green earth the mountains climb with purple haze
Against a sky of stormy grays
There are ebony nights and silver days
On God's green earth
[Chorus]
We live, we laugh and love and dance
'Cause God makes all things beautiful and perfect in His hands
We rise from the ashes of our past
'Cause we've learned the truth at last
Love is not blind
Every color shines
On God's green earth
[Verse 3]
On God's green earth...if eery color was the same
And every child had just one name
There'd be no beauty for each of us to claim
[Verse 4]
On God's green earth
We see the scars of yesterday
Of wars that we cannot erase
But we can walk hand in hand in healing grace
On God's green earth
[Chorus]
We live, we laugh and love and dance
'Cause God makes all things beautiful and perfect in His hands
We rise from the ashes of our past
'Cause we've learned the truth at last
Love is not blind
Every color shines
On God's green earth
[Bridge]
What if only rivers raged and hatred melted all away?
We can live in peace today!
On God's green earth
[Chorus]
We live, we laugh and love and dance
'Cause God makes all things beautiful and perfect in His hands
We live, we laugh and love and dance
'Cause God makes all things beautiful and perfect in His hands
We rise from the ashes of our past
'Cause we've learned the truth at last
Love is not blind
Every color shines
On God's green earth
On God's Green Earth
Song Meaning
Point of Grace leads "On God's Green Earth" with landscape rather than doctrine — "the ocean swims in brilliant blues, the yellow sun warms me and you, 'til it's chased by an iridescent moon" — letting creation's own variety make an argument the lyrics haven't stated yet.
"The mountains climb with purple haze against a sky of stormy grays, there are ebony nights and silver days" extends the same list of contrasts, and the chorus finally names what all that variety is meant to illustrate: "love is not blind, every color shines, on God's green earth."
"On God's green earth...if every color was the same, and every child had just one name, there'd be no beauty for each of us to claim" turns the earlier landscape imagery into a direct argument about human difference, using nature's variety to defend human variety. "We see the scars of yesterday, of wars that we cannot erase, but we can walk hand in hand in healing grace" admits real, unresolved damage rather than pretending unity erases history. "What if only rivers raged and hatred melted all away?" closes the bridge with a conditional rather than a promise, leaving the question of whether that peace will actually arrive genuinely open.