Nancy Bos performs her original song "Beautiful City" in her yard near Kingston, Squamish. The song uses the metaphor of building a city to encourage perseverance and healing after hardship, with repeated affirmations of "Yes, we can" throughout.
Hi, this is Beautiful City from God's Bell, which I'm filming in my yard from the Kingston, Squamish area. Out of the night of struggle can we see a ray of hope. One path in way, reaching for the day. We can build a beautiful city. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. We can build a beautiful city. Not a city of angels, but we can build a city of man. We may not reach the ending, But we can start slowly but truly mending brick by brick, heart by heart. Now, baby, now we start learning how we can build a beautiful city. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. We can build a beautiful city, not a city of angels, but we can build a city of man. When your trust is all but shattered, when your faith is all but killed, You can give up, bitter and battered, or you can slowly start to build a beautiful city. Yes, we can. Yes, we can. We can build a beautiful city. Not a city of angels, but finally a city of man.
