Chorus:
Here we are
Here we stand
Heart to heart
And hand in hand
From those before
For those to come
We are one
We are one

This is our love
This is our right
If we are free
Then we must fight
With our whole lives
We must resist
Those who would rule
With fear and fist

We will remember
All those we've lost
The awful price
That freedom cost
We gain our power
From the past
We're not the first
We will not be the last Chorus

Bridge:
We work in your offices
Teach in your schools
Pray in your churches
We live by the rules
We win your elections
We die in your wars
Who we choose to love
Is no business of yours

In our children's time
Will they recall
Their parents' struggle
For one and all
Who blazed a trail
So wide and true
And left the future
And this world for you Chorus

©2004 John McCutcheon/Appalsongs (ASCAP)