A small group of boys walks down the street   Throwing a ball in the air   One says to another   Hey I'll always be your brother   I'll always be your friend      Chorus   Do you remember   When we thought we were immortal   And the games we played always had a happy end   But in the game of life all the roses wither   And time writes its lines upon your face      Summer's here and three young men   Drive through the town in the night air   When fall comes they'll part again   One turns to another and he says      Chorus      It's three A.M. and he's been feeling lonely   Work's been hard and the city's hard too   He picks up the phone and halfway across the country   A brother listens to his blues he says      Chorus      Lift your voices loud and clearly   Sing for brotherhood right now   Lift your voices loud and clearly   Sing for sisterhood right now      Sometimes I wish   That we all were immortal   And the game of life always had a happy end   But I know it's not true oh time keeps passing   But I'm just glad to spend my time   With you      Lift your voices loud and clearly   Sing for brotherhood right now   Lift your voices loud and clearly   Sing for sisterhood right now