No One Builds Alone

Yesterday, I had you in my sights. Today... help me turn on the lights. RAISE IT UP! NO ONE BUILDS THIS WORLD ALONE! A musket waits beside the plow; A neighbor needs us here and now. One flare goes up; we leave the grain, Then raise your roof against the rain. We farm by day, we guard by night - Till every window holds a light. Two heads upon a weathered flag, Seeds beside the rounds we pack. We've taken ground and called it peace; That doesn't make the hunger cease. Keep your own colors. Clear the lane - Our wagons carry tools and grain. RAISE IT UP! RAISE IT UP! Let the hammer drown the gun! Brick by brick, we build tomorrow, Not for some - for everyone! For the ones we still remember, For the children yet unknown. Put your shoulder next to mine - No one builds this world alone! I won't ask which flag you wore; Just bring the wounded through the door. Our books weren't saved to gather dust, Nor healing hands to wait for trust. We'll teach you how to heal and grow - No one should own the things we know. My father chose the people first; No sacred steel can quench their thirst. We guard the pumps; we hold the line. That water's yours. The watch is mine. Let raiders test what mercy means - There's thunder in these old machines. RAISE IT UP! RAISE IT UP! Let the hammer drown the gun! Brick by brick, we build tomorrow, Not for some - for everyone! For the ones we still remember, For the children yet unknown. Put your shoulder next to mine - No one builds this world alone! The vault swung wide before our time; Its dream passed down through hands like mine. Seventy-six, the thread still gold, A promise younger hands now hold. We'll strip the wrecks for copper wire And bring back light without the fire. Freeside's got no golden throne, Just folks who need a place called home. Keep your own name, your style, your swing; Nobody here kneels to a king. We'll share the bread and mend the street - Then put this town back on its feet. We won't agree on who was right. We keep our rifles near at night. But there's a child beneath that stone - And no one lifts this world alone! RAISE IT UP! RAISE IT UP! Let the hammer drown the gun! Brick by brick, we build tomorrow, Not for some - for everyone! For the ones we still remember, For the children yet unknown. Put your shoulder next to mine - No one builds this world alone! The lights are on. Come home.