Side by Side (The City Year Song) by Good King David

This is a song about the City Year experience - the joys, trials, and transformations of a year of service in schools and communities. This is dedicated to the City Year community. Check out what City Year is all about at http://www.cityyear.org.

Go to my blog post - http://tr.im/O4Vk to read about how this song came about.

Here are the lyrics:
We wake up every morning
We get outta bed
We've got a great big smile and thoughtful head
We've got our boots or shoes
Our socks black or white
Our shirts tucked in
And our belts buckled tight
We've got a heart full of grace, and a soul
Generated by love, you ought to know

Chorus:
'Cause we're the new kids steppin' up today
We're not going anywhere, we're here to stay
We're all so different, but so alike
We're changing the world, side by side

We gather in the schoolyard at the start of each day
When it's snowing in December or raining in May
Forming or storming, in all types of weather
We serve as a team, and we'll all stick together
No matter how hard it gets, we'll be here
For one another throughout the year

Chorus

Bridge:
And never doubt, the difference we can make
Every ripple, every step that we may take
We've got a plan, and the world is in our hands
So shine a light, and see

It's never easy, that much is true
But it never is when it's the right thing to do
We've got each other when believing gets tough
And we've got the youth when that's not enough
We've got the power to survive
Spirit, Discipline, Purpose and Pride!

Chorus

Category:

Music

Tags:

• city year
• national service
• changing the world
• americorps
• piano
• songwriter
• song
• original
• side by side
• good king david

[birgetan]

This is hilarious. As a CY alum it isn't difficult to see that this might be a powerful coping mechanism. God speed gkd