Joseph took his wife and child And they went to Africa To escape the rage of a deadly king There along the banks of the Nile They listened to the song That the captive children used to sing They were singing My Deliverer is coming My Deliverer is standing by Oh, my Deliverer is coming My Deliverer is standing by Through a dry and thirsty land Water from the Kenyan heights Pours itself out of Lake Sangra's Broken heart, its broken heart There in the Sahara winds Moses heard the whole world cry For the healing that would Flow from God's own scars I hear Moses singing My Deliverer is coming My Deliverer is standing by Oh, my Deliverer is coming My Deliverer is standing by He will never break his promise He was written it upon the sky My Deliverer is coming Oh, my Deliverer is standing by He'll come 'round He'll come 'round some day (Just like He said He would) He'll come 'round He'll come 'round some day (Just like He said He would) I will never doubt His promise Though I doubt my heart Though I doubt my eyes My Deliverer is coming My Deliverer is standing by Oh, my Deliverer is coming My Deliverer is standing by Standing by, oh He's standing by Standing by, oh He's standing by Standing by, oh He's standing by Standing by, oh He's standing by Standing by, oh He's standing by Oh, deliver me, deliver me