EVERY RIVER MUST FIND ITS OWN WAY TO THE SEA <br />LIKE THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT SEARCH TO BE FREE <br />THERE’S A VOICE IN THE GALE & A CANDLE BURNS BRIGHT <br />A PATH THROUGH THE DARKNESS, A LIGHT IN THE NIGHT <br />SEE A PEOPLE’S HISTORY REFLECT IN THEIR EYES <br />FROM THE ASHES & EMBERS THE PHOENIX SHALL RISE <br />THERE’S A PASSION INSIDE, LIKE A FIRE IT BURNS <br />THE LONGING & PAIN OF A COUNTRY THAT YEARNS <br /> <br />Chorus: <br />FREEDOM O FREEDOM RISE UP AND SEE <br />A NATION AGAIN, PROUD AND FREE <br />FREEDOM O FREEDOM RISE UP AND SEE <br />A NATION AGAIN, IS OUR DESTINY <br /> <br />WHEN YOU HEAR THE DRUM ROLL & PIPERS LOUD PLAY <br />IN PRINCES ST GARDENS ON A FINE SUMMER DAY <br />OR AT GLASGOW GREEN WHERE THEY MARCH SIDE BY SIDE <br />LET THE SKIRL O’ THE PIPES FILL YE WITH PRIDE! <br />IT’S OUR PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND PEOPLE LIKE ME <br />WE BUILT THIS GREAT COUNTRY, THE STRONG AND THE FREE <br />TO BE EQUAL ‘MONG NATIONS ACROSS THE WIDE WORLD <br />WITH OUR VOICES HEARD AND OUR FLAG UNFURLED <br /> <br />Chorus <br /> <br />THE GREAT GLENS AND MOUNTAINS OF OUR HOMELAND <br />BELONG TO THE PEOPLE, IT’S WHAT NATURE PLANNED <br />O WAKE UP FROM THE DREAM BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE <br />FREEDOM’S YOUR BIRTH RIGHT; FREEDOM’S YOUR FATE <br />FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN, THEIR RIGHTS TO RECLAIM <br />FOR FREEDOM ALONE, NOT FOR GLORY OR FAME <br />DON’T CURSE THE DARKNESS HOLD UP YOUR LIGHT <br />LETS PULL TOGETHER - RIGHT IS OUR MIGHT<br /><br />Patrick Scott Hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/freedom-246/
