Raise a Glass

Got my pay, left right away, so I could get down here
I'm thirsting for some company and for a round of beer
It's been a long and dirty trail to be right here tonight:
I've been through hell and back again but now I feel alright
Yes, now I feel alright

I've worked in many places - I've been round the world and back
I've known a lot of faces: Asian, white and brown and black!
I don't understand the fighting 'bout the color of one's skin
Nor killing for religion: now that I call a sin!
Yeah, that I call a sin

But raise a glass to you and me and to humanity!
There's hope in sight to end the fight: it starts with you and me!
I drink to you, you drink to me and world in harmony!
There's hope in sight to end the fight and it starts,
Yes it starts with you and me!

I've seen the politicians, the dictators and the kings
But most of them are crooked: no, they won't do anything
Our world is growing smaller and living space is tight...
We won't survive much longer if all we do is fight!
If all we do is fight

In distant foreign countries people are like you and me
They want to raise their children with pride and dignity
Oh, they want to work and prosper in a world that is in peace
But their governments build walls and guns, so war can never cease
No war can never cease

But raise a glass to you and me, and to humanity!
If we unite, we'll be alright and we'll live proud and free
I'll stand for you, you'll stand for me and a world society
There's hope in sight to end the fight and it starts, yes it starts with you and me!

But raise a glass to you and me, and to humanity!
There's hope in sight to end the fight: it starts with you and me!
I drink to you, you drink to me and world in harmony!
There's hope in sight to end the fight and it starts - oh yes it starts - with you and me!