Remember When the Music

Remember when the music

Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire

And as we sang the words it would set our minds on fire

For we believed in things, and so we'd sing

Remember when the music

Brought us all together to stand inside the rain

And as we joined our hands we'd meet in the refrain

For we had dreams to live, and we had hopes to give

Don't you remember when the music

Was the best of what we dreamed of for our children's time?

And as we sang we worked for we knew time was just a line

A gift we saved, a gift the future gave

Oh, all the times I listened and all the times I heard

All the melodies I'm missing and all the magic words

And all those potent voices and the choices we had then

How I'd love to find we had that kind of choice again

Remember when the music

Was a glow on the horizon of every newborn day

And as we sang the sun came up to chase the dark away

And life was good, for we knew we could

Remember when the music

Brought the night across the valley as the day went down

And as we'd hum the melody we'd be safe inside the sound

And so we'd sleep, for we had dreams to keep

And I dream that something's coming and it's not just in the wind

It's more than just tomorrow, it's more than where we've been

It offers me a promise, it's tellin' me begin

I know we're needin' something worth believin' in

Remember when the music

Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire

And as we sang the words it would set our minds on fire

For we believed in things, and so we'd sing

And so we'd sing

Hear me now

Oh, I wanna hear the voices ringing

And hear the people singing

Oh, sing it to me now

Hear that music in your heart, whoa