Somewhere inside my soul there is an echo of my youth  Some pithy little saying that contained a grain of truth  If patience is a virtue, persistence is its mark  It's better light a candle than stand and curse the dark  But if we stand together we might turn this world around  Hold your ground  In the corridors of power where our voice is seldom heard  The status quo is what they want, they can get it with a word  For us it takes a thousand voices, a million angry shouts  To notify the ship of state to bring its course about  But if we pull together we might turn this ship around  Hold your ground  Oh, this world is changing  Spinning out through space and time  Oh, it's rearranging  All the things we thought were yours and mine  You've got to hold your ground  Hold your ground  Hold your ground  Sometimes it seems the motion is strictly retrograde  There are so many reversals of advances that you've made  The things you thought were changing have shuddered to a halt  But if we stand together we might turn this world around  Hold your ground  Hold your ground  Hold your ground  It isn't for the faint of heart to bet when the odds are long  And neither is it easy to be right in face of wring  You must proceed from strength to strength, although the road is rough  And sometimes human courage just isn't quite enough  But if we stand together we might turn this world around  Hold your ground  Hold your ground  Hold your ground  Oh this world is changing