We Shall Overcome

We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome, some day Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, some day We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand some day Oh, deep in my heart (I do believe) I do believe (we shall overcome, some day) We shall overcome, some day We shall live in peace We shall live in peace We shall live in peace, some day Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, some day And the most important verse Is the one they wrote down in Montgomery, Alabama They said, "We are not afraid" And the young people taught everybody else a lesson All we, all the people that have learned how to compromise And learned how to take it easy and be polite and get along And leave things as they were The young people taught us all a lesson We are not afraid We are not afraid We are not afraid, today Oh, deep in my heart I do believe (we shall overcome, some day) We shall overcome, some day The whole wide world around The whole wide world around The whole wide world around some day Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, some day