James Keelaghan Hold Your Ground
Somewhere inside my soul there is an echo of my youth Some pithy little saying that contained a grain of truth If patience is a virtue, persistence is its mark It's better light a candle than stand and curse the dark But if we stand together we might turn this world around Hold your ground In the corridors of power where our voice is seldom heard The status quo is what they want, they can get it with a word For us it takes a thousand voices, a million angry shouts To notify the ship of state to bring its course about But if we pull together we might turn this ship around Hold your ground Oh, this world is changing Spinning out through space and time Oh, it's rearranging All the things we thought were yours and mine You've got to hold your ground Hold your ground Hold your ground Sometimes it seems the motion is strictly retrograde There are so many reversals of advances that you've made The things you thought were changing have shuddered to a halt But if we stand together we might turn this world around Hold your ground Hold your ground Hold your ground It isn't for the faint of heart to bet when the odds are long And neither is it easy to be right in face of wring You must proceed from strength to strength, although the road is rough And sometimes human courage just isn't quite enough But if we stand together we might turn this world around Hold your ground Hold your ground Hold your ground Oh this world is changing
