Lyrics

Eight ‘o clock, a sunny Monday morning
Twenty hands placed over twenty little hearts
We face the flag above the dusty chalkboard
And say those words without thinking what they are

We learned about the men with feather pens, declaring independence
And freedom sounded pretty good to me
But what the textbooks couldn’t sell us, what School House Rock forgot to tell us
Was the difference between reality and dreams

I pledge allegiance to a future
Where everybody’s truly free
I pledge allegiance to the dream

Six ‘o clock out under those bright floodlights
The announcer gets us all up on our feet
A girl in a red dress steps to the microphone
Starts to sing “O say can you see”

But I needed a new song to push us forward
Those time-worn words weren’t ringing true for me
I need no rockets glare, no bombs in air
I need an anthem made for love and care
Oh say can I see you, can you see me?

I pledge allegiance to a future
Where everybody’s truly free
I pledge allegiance to my neighbor
To my friends and enemies
I pledge allegiance to the dream

There are tears that cried the blue behind those fifty stars
And there is blood that bled the red stripes on the white
It’s hard to say I love the country of this flag
But I know I have to find a way to try

So, I pledge allegiance to a future
Where everybody’s truly free
I pledge allegiance to my neighbor
To my friends and enemies
I pledge allegiance to the dream