Raise A Glass Lyrics

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!