Lift Every Voice and Sing Songtext
von The Band of Heathens

One, two, three, and

Well, I got somthing in my bones
Make me wanna shout, hey
Make me wanna sing
Sing on
Oh, sing on, yeah

Lift every voice and sing
Till Earth and Heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of liberty

Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea


Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, yeah
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
And let us march on till victory is won

God of our weary years
God of our silent tears
Thou Who hast brought us thus far, yeah, along the way
Thou Who hast by Thy might, led us into the light
Keep us forever in the path, we pray

Lest our feet stray from the places
Our God, where we would be?
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world
We forget Thee, yeah, oh
Shadowed beneath Thy hand
May we forever stand
True to our God
And true to our native land, yeah


Facing the rising sun, our new day has begun
Let us march on till victory is won
Amen