I hear some saying: Leave hope and praying
All days shall be as all hath been
Today, tomorrow, brings fear and sorrow
Never-ending woe between
But the hope we lost begins to glimmer
Like autumn wheat under snow lies green
The moon that shines through cloud and darkness
The babe inside that grows unseen
Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older
Help lies in none but you and I
Hope is before us, so let our chorus
Bring joy at last to all our lives
When the Earth was younger, 'mid toil and hunger
In hope we strove, our hands were strong
Then great men led us, with words they fed us
And made us sing a different song
But now the seeds of spring are sown
Let wintered hearts be warmed by sun
The joy of people now buds and grows
The birds will sing ere the winter's done
Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older
Help lies in none but you and I
Hope is before us, so let our chorus
Bring joy at last to all our lives
We know not who watch us or who heed us
But now we've seen what our hands are for
The world's been shaken and fear awakened
But let good faith not be undone
We have voice and vision from those before us
The famed and honoured and nameless ones
How many living, their lives are giving
To help a bright new world arise?
Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older
Help lies in none but you and I
Hope is before us, so let our chorus
Bring joy at last to all our lives
Now to the tavern, the lights and fire
The fiddler's tune under shuffling feet
For in the morning, a new day's dawning
The young abounding year we'll meet
Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older
Help lies in none but you and I
Hope is before us, so let our chorus
Bring joy at last to all our lives
Come shoulder to shoulder, for the world grows older
Help lies in none but you and I
Hope is before us, so let our chorus
Bring joy at last to all our lives
Joy at last to all our lives
Joy at last to all our lives