Ricky Fitzpatrick: Music

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The Dream is Still Strong
Words & Music by Ricky Fitzpatrick
Copyright 2005, Ricky Fitzpatrick Music

Verse 1
My family is filled with fathers and sons
Who gave all they had for the cause of a dream.
America’s battles, because it had to be done.
They fought so we all could be free.

Verse 2
My granddaddy fought the European campaign
And did what he could for the things we believed.
And I never knew the price that he paid.
But looking back now I can see.

Chorus
It’s a matter of hope. It’s a matter of pride.
And the one thing in common that we all have inside.
It’s the will to stand up and the will to survive
When everything seems to move on,
The dream is still strong.

Verse 3
I lay down my head and send up a prayer
And thank the good Lord for the life that I live.
The soldiers who stared in the face of their fears
Gave everything they could give.

Chorus
It’s a matter of hope. It’s a matter of pride.
And the one thing in common that we all have inside.
It’s the will to stand up and the will to survive
When everything seems to move on,
The dream is still strong.

Bridge
In the land of the free and the home of the brave
We will remember how freedom was saved.
And I stand in the back yard and look at my sons
And pray that they say, if the time ever comes…

Chorus
It’s a matter of hope. It’s a matter of pride.
And the one thing in common that we all have inside.
It’s the will to stand up and the will to survive
When everything seems to move on,
The dream is still strong.