That old wind that’s whipping out there
It’s whistling your tune.
That wind blew pyramids to Egypt
And footprints to the moon

And that old star that you been wishing on
Is shining mighty bright
But it’s the fire inside your heart
That’s gonna lead you to the light

How you ever gonna know
What it’s like to live there?
How you ever gonna know victory?
How you ever gonna know
What it’s like when dreams become reality?
How you ever gonna know
How it feels to hold her?
How you ever gonna know
What it’s like to dance?
How you ever gonna know
If you never take a chance?

You know failure isn’t failure
If a lesson from it’s learned.
I guess love would not be love
Without a risk of being burned

Anything in life worth having
Lord, it has its sacrifice
But the gift that you’re receiving
Is worth more than the price

How you ever gonna know
What it’s like to live there?
How you ever gonna know
What you never knew?
How you ever gonna know
If you’re down here doin’
What the good Lord put you here to do?
How you ever gonna know
If you could have done it?
How you ever gonna know
How it feels to fly?
How you ever gonna know
If you never dare to try?

Listen not to the critics
Who put their own dreams on the shelf
If you want to get the truth to admit it
You gotta find out for yourself

How you ever gonna know
What it’s like to be there?
How you ever gonna know
If you’re the best?
How you ever gonna know?
What you believe in
If you don’t put it to the test?
How you ever gonna know
How it feels to hold him?
How you ever gonna know
What livin’ means?
How you ever gonna know
If you never chase the dream?

How you ever gonna know
Your potential?
How you ever gonna know victory?
How you ever gonna know
What it’s like when dreams become reality?
How you ever gonna know
How it feels to hold her?
How you ever gonna know
What it’s like to dance?
How you ever gonna know
If you never take the chance?

People say she’s only in my head
It’s gonna take time but I’ll forget
They say I need to get on with my life
But they don’t realize

Is when you’re dialing 6 numbers just to hang up the phone
Driving cross town just to see if she’s home
Waking a friend in the dead of the night
Just to hear him say “it’s gonna be alright”
When you find the things to do not to fall asleep
Cause you know she will be there in your dreams
That’s when she’s more than a memory

Took a match to everything she ever wrote
Watched her words go up in smoke
Tore all her pictures off the wall
They ain’t helping me at all

‘Cause when you’re talking out loud but nobody’s there
You look like hell and you just don’t care
Drinking more than you ever drank
Sinking down lower than you ever sank
When you find yourself falling down upon your knees
Praying to God, begging him “please”
That’s when she’s more than a memory

She’s more
She’s more

Cause when you’re dialing her number just to hang up the phone
Driving cross town just to see if she’s home
Waking a friend in the dead of the night
Just to hear him say “it’s gonna be alright”
When you find the things to do not to fall asleep
Cause you know she’s waiting in your dreams
That’s when she’s more than a memory

People say she’s only in my head
It’s gonna take time but I’ll forget

This ain’t coming from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand

When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there’s shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free

When the last thing we notice is the color of skin
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again
Then we shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
‘Cause we shall be free

When we’re free to love anyone we choose
When this world’s big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith
Hold out
‘Cause we shall be free

And when money talks for the very last time
And nobody walks a step behind
When there’s only one race and that’s mankind
Then we shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith, hold out
We shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, stand straight, have a little faith, walk proud
‘Cause we shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
‘Cause we shall be free