Did you think I could ever forget   The night by the Arlington flame   In the silence I heard it through streets so deserted   You whispered and called me by name      Did you think I could ever forget   That powerful look in your eye   Where Lincoln stood strong there   You held me so long there that night on the fourth of July      I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me   When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea   And the kingdoms that come set us free on our way   Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day      Now when this world and that world collide   And the powers that be hit you low   When you're feeling so small in the face of it all   And you're lost on eternity row      When the wars that men wage are all through   And their monuments put on display   Tell the hungry and stranded the poor empty handed   We'll meet them on Washington's day      I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me   When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea   And the kingdoms that come set us free on our way   Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day, yeah      Did you think I could ever forget   The night by the Arlington flame   Where the monuments laugh over thousands of years   You whispered and called me by name      When that sun goes down at the end of the day   You know I'll always remember   You who were tender to me on Washington's day      I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me   When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea   And the kingdoms that come set us free on our way   Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day, yeah      Well I hope and I'll pray that you'll be here with me   When the mountains that rise tumble into the sea   And the visions that come are the visions that stay   Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day   Hope you'll be here with me home on Washington's day      Home on Washington's day