We shall overcome.

We shall overcome

the cold and damp, the rain and bitterness,

the silver dagger and bullet

of hidden abuse that gets hurled our way

and we shall stand tall whilst all around us

kicks us whilst we are down

and all because one hand reached out

through the despair

and one set of eyes didn’t see us as

a problem to be swept away

and one pair of ears listened;

for we shall overcome.

 

We shall overcome.

We shall overcome

because