Hold your Ground

Somewhere inside my soul there’s an echo of my youth,

Some pithy little saying that contains a grain of truth;

If patience is a virtue, persistence is its mark,

It’s better light a candle than stand and curse the dark

But if we stand together we might turn this world around…Hold your ground!

In the corridors of power where our voice is seldom heard

The status quo is what they want, they get it with a word

For us it takes a thousand voices, a million angry shouts

To notify the ship of state to bring its course about

But if we pull together, we might turn this ship around…Hold your ground!

O, this world is changing, spinning out through space and time

O, it’s rearranging all the things you thought were yours and mine;

You got to hold your ground

Hold your ground

Hold your ground

Hold your ground

Sometimes it seems the motion is strictly retrograde

There are so many reverses in advances that you’ve made

The things you thought were changing have shuddered to a halt

The only view is forward when your back’s against the wall

But if we stand together we might turn this world around…Hold your ground!

It isn’t for the faint of heart to bet when odds are long

And neither is it easy to be right in face of wrong,

You must proceed from strength to strength, although the road is rough

And sometimes human courage just isn’t quite enough

But if we stand together we might turn this world around…Hold your ground!

Hold your ground!

But if we stand together we might turn this world around

If we stand together we will, if we stand together we will turn this world around,…Hold your ground

Hold your ground!