Sukiyaki tune midi version
(found on web, not right number of verses for this hymn)
New Millennium Hymn
To the tune of Sukiyaki (hit #1 on US chart with original lyrics on 6/15/1963)
Music by Hachidai Nakamura and Rokusuke Ei
7, 7, 13, 4, 4, 8; with refrain 11, 11
Lyrics by Bryan Thomas @1999
Welcome the new millennium
By striving for God's kingdom
Here on the earth as it is in heaven above
By works and love
Add faith and grace
To make this world a better place
If we could know just how much we mean to him
Then we could grow and so close our hearts to sin
We don't want God to judge us
So let's not carry grudges
'Cause whatever they did happened last millennium
Time to forgive
Live and let live
And pray that God's Kingdom will come
If we could know just how much we mean to him
Then we could grow and so close our hearts to sin
Two thousand years since Christ came
And healed the sick and the lame
With modern science we also seek to do the same
But well before
He did far more
Opening up salvation's door