Did I Make A Difference

I'm caught up in the push and shove

The daily grind, burning time, spinnin' wheel

I wonder what I'm doin' here

Day to day, year to year, standin' still

Somewhere there's a teacher with a heart that never quits

Stayin' after school to help some inner-city kids

A mother who's a volunteer, a soldier in the fight

And I can't help but ask myself when I lay down at night

Did I make a difference in somebody's life?

What hurts did I heal? What wrongs did I right?

Did I raise my voice in defense of the truth?

Did I lend my hand to the destitute?

When my race is run, when my song is sung

Will I have to wonder

Did I make a difference?

Did I make a difference?

I've been workin' hard to make a living

And forgettin' what true livin' is

Takin' more than givin', something's missin'

Lord, how long can I go on like this?

There's a lonely old man down the street, and I should be ashamed

I've never been to see him, I don't even know his name

There's kids without their supper in my own neighborhood

Will I look back someday and say that I did all I could?

Did I make a difference in somebody's life?

What hurts did I heal? What wrongs did I right?

Did I raise my voice in defense of the truth?

Did I lend my hand to the destitute?

When my race is run, when my song is sung

Will I have to wonder

Did I make a difference?

Did I make a difference?

When my race is run, when my song is sung

Will I have to wonder

Did I make a difference?

Did I make a difference?

Did I make a difference?