Intro
Verse 1
Down In Old Calliope,
Where The Hard Days Never End,
Alfred Learned To Keep On Walking,
Learned To Stand And Learned To Bend.
Sirens Echoed Through The Nighttime,
Dreams Were Hard To Find,
But He Said,
"You Can't Chain A Heart
Or Lock A Free Mind."
Chorus
Let The Horns Ring Loud,
Let The Drums Roll On.
New Orleans Keeps Singing
From Dusk Till Dawn.
Hand In Hand,
Street By Street,
We Won't Leave Nobody Behind.
Justice Keeps On Dancing,
One Step At A Time.
Solo
Verse 2
Then Katrina Came Like Thunder,
Washed Away So Much.
Still He Brought The People Together,
Built Hope With Working Hands.
Not For Money,
Not For Fame,
Just To Do What's Right.
When We Stand Together,
We Shine Our Light.
Bridge
Who Will Stand?
We Will!
Who Won't Back Down?
We Won't!
Who Will Lift This Town?
All Of Us!
Let The Brass Keep Playing,
Let The People Sing.
Every Little Victory
Makes Freedom Ring.
Final Chorus
Let The Horns Ring Loud,
Let The Drums Roll On.
New Orleans Keeps Singing
From Dusk Till Dawn.
From Calliope
To The River's Bend,
Every Heart Belongs.
We Keep Marching Together,
And We Keep Moving On.
Outro
Second Line...
Step By Step...
We Keep Walking.
We Keep Singing.
We Keep Rising.......
