I am not the One Who is to come
Nor am I Elijah for that day is yet undone
But after me
Comes the Man that every prophet's hoped to see
And He has always been before I ever came to be

I'm just a cry in the wilderness
A plea in the wilderness
Just a voice alone in the wilderness
Prepare the way for the Lord

All my life is meant for just this end
To tell the nation of the Man
On whom God's Spirit will descend
This is the one
God's holy and anointed only Son
And this will be the message
'Til the day it has been done

I'm just a cry in the wilderness
A plea in the wilderness
Just a voice alone in the wilderness
Prepare the way for the Lord

Let every hill and mountain be brought down
Make the valleys and the canyons level ground
Let every crooked life be turned around
Prepare the way for the Lord
To baptize you with water is all I know
But there stands One among you
And it's He I came to show
I'm just the crier
But He will end the kingdom of the liar
And He will baptize you
Into His Spirit and His fire

I'm just a cry in the wilderness
A plea in the wilderness
Just a voice alone in the wilderness
Prepare the way for the Lord

I'm just a cry in the wilderness
A plea in the wilderness
Just a voice alone in the wilderness
Prepare the way for the Lord
Prepare the way for the Lord
Prepare the way for the Lord