"Strike Up The Band" lyrics

From Vienna to Savannah, the struggle moves your hand
And there's a fragile human nature in every woman and man
The wise and the weary can find some sweet relief
If you can raise a voice together and find your true belief

Strike up the band
Strike up the band
When people lose their faith and need a helping hand
When you can't find the words, but you need to take a stand
Find a soulful harmony and strike up the band

The painters and the poets, tell stories of the saints
The thieves and the pioneers, the demi gods of pain
Well music paints a picture of the voices deep inside
All throughout time it's helped us to get by

Strike up the band
Strike up the band
When people lose their faith and need a helping hand
When you can't find the words, and you need to take a stand
Find a soulful harmony and strike up the band

Last year I saw Virginia and Minnesota's fate
And I wondered how it felt in the summer of '68
There's no way we can win if we close every door
Now is there a song to sing to tell us what we're fighting for

Strike up the band
Strike up the band
When people lose their faith and need a helping hand
When you can't find the words, and you need to take a stand
Just find some soulful harmony and strike up the band
Find that soulful harmony and strike up the band
Find that common harmony and strike up the band

Strike up the band
Strike up the band

Strike up the band
Strike up the band

Strike up the band
Strike up the band