Spirit Carries On

SPIRIT CARRIES ON (3:54)
Jim Pipkin 2004 BMI

There's a spirit to this country
We breathe it in the air
Puts the fire in our eyes and helps to keep it there
We've won the right to freedom
On a thousand battlefields
The right to choose our leaders and tell them how we feel

Freedom's a hard road
They pay is short, the hours long
But if the strongest stay willin'
The spirit carries on

It's our citizens as soldiers
The help this dream survive
It takes our best and brightest, sometimes it takes their lives
They leave behind more than a memory
Or words carved into stone
When a life lays down for freedom the spirit carries on

Freedom's a hard road
They pay is short, the hours long
But if the strongest stay willin'
The spirit carries on

So keep your eyes wide open
You read between the lines
Ask the hardest questions, love to hate the lie
You owe this to your children
Raise them smart and strong
If they grow up tough enough, the spirit carries on

Freedom's a hard road
They pay is short, the hours long
But if the strongest stay willin'
The spirit carries on

Freedom's a hard road
They pay is short, the hours long
The spirit carries on