Thinking 'bout the people that came before
It's a long long way
Mothers and fathers from a distant shore
It's a long long way
Some came for freedom some came for land
It's a long long way
Some came bound and shackled hand in hand
It's a long long way

It's a long way
with many miles behind us
It's a long way
with many more to go
It's a long way
'til tomorrow finds us
It's a long long way

Some came with dreams of power, some came with dreams of gold
It's a long long way ..
Some came with whatever their two hands would hold
No matter when you got here, no matter how
We're all in the same boat now

If you want to go, you can't get there all by yourself
If you want to go, you got to bring somebody else
It's a long hard road, it's a long steep climb
Reach back your hand, don't leave anyone behind

When I was a boy, once I heard a man
He said he had a dream about the promised land
He said I may not get there and neither may you
But our children's children will see it come true.

 

© Bill Harley, Round River Music. All rights reserved. Used with permission.