Celebration Day Lyrics

Celebration Day

Her face is cracked from smiling   

 All the fears that she's been hiding   

 And it seems pretty soon ev'rybody's gonna know.  

 And her voice is sore from shouting   

 Cheering winners who are losing   

 And she worries if their days are few  

 And soon they'll have to go.  

  

 *My  my  my  I'm so happy   

 I'm gonna join the band   

 We are gonna dance and sing in celebration   

 We are in the promised land.  

  

 She hears them talk of new ways  

 To protect the home she lives in,  

 Then she wonders what it's all about  

 When they break down the door.  

 Her name is Brown or White or Black,  

 You know her very well,  

 You hear her cries of mercy  

 As the winners toll the bell.  

  

 * Chorus  

  

 There is a train that leaves the station  

 Heading for your destination,  

 But the price you pay to nowhere has increased a dollar more.  

 Yes, it has!  

 And if you walk you're gonna get there  

 Tho' it takes a little longer,  

 And when you see it in the distance  

 You will wring your hands and moan