And the sound I remember when I was young
Was an old man talking 'bout the things he'd done
And the battles he fought and the war he won
Long time__ ago
Well, he been looking back now at that smiling space
Just thinking about them good old days
You can take his past, you can take his place
You can't kill what an old man knows
But we can make it
We can make it
We can make it if we try
We'll try to imagine or understand
The power that lies in these two hands
Oh, the passion that burns in the heart of a man
Who holds no fear
And the fools who agree it's a merry-go-round
Just give us the tools and we'll turn it 'round
We can lean up straight from a hole in the ground
For a thousand years
We can make it
We can make it
Ain't no reason why
We can make it
We can make it
We can make it if we try
And we knew how to make it (when the chips were down)
Knew how to take it (when the chips were down)
Knew how to turn it all around ( Ye-e-ss )
Well, try to imagine what the future brings
Ships of steel on gossamer wings
A line of freedom, a line of kings
Is this the way the magic falls
Well, there might be a heaven, there might be a hell
But there will be a future, 'cause we can tell
I can see his face 'cause I know it so well
I still hear when the old man calls
We can make it
We can make it
Ain't no reason why
We can make it
We can make it
We can make it if we try
We can make it
We can make it
There ain't no reason why
We can make it
We can make it
We can make it if we try___
We can make it
We can make it
There ain't no reason why