From the recording Limited-edition America at 250 – digital download
Honoring the Constitution, freedom, and our responsibilities as citizens.
Lyrics
[Title: The Promise We Keep]
[Intro – Spoken]
A promise isn't measured by words alone.
It's measured by what we do...
When nobody is watching.
[Verse 1]
Written on pages long ago,
By hands we'll never truly know.
A vision carried through the years,
Through triumph, struggle, hope, and tears.
Not a perfect road to follow,
Not a guarantee of tomorrow.
Just a promise passed along,
Growing stronger when it's honored.
[Pre-Chorus]
Through changing times,
Through doubt and fear,
Some ideals still bring us here.
[Melodic Chorus]
The promise we keep,
The promise we share.
Freedom isn't only spoken,
It's found in how we care.
The promise we keep,
Year after year.
A responsibility carried forward,
By those who hold it dear.
[Verse 2]
It's more than words upon a page,
More than history or age.
It lives within the choices made,
The debts of citizenship repaid.
In every vote and helping hand,
In neighbors willing to understand.
In every person who believes,
Tomorrow matters more than today.
[Pre-Chorus]
Through changing times,
Through doubt and fear,
Some ideals still bring us here.
[Melodic Chorus]
The promise we keep,
The promise we share.
Freedom isn't only spoken,
It's found in how we care.
The promise we keep,
Year after year.
A responsibility carried forward,
By those who hold it dear.
[Bridge]
No generation stands alone,
We build upon what's come before.
And every chapter left unwritten,
Waits beyond an open door.
The work continues every day,
Not through anger, but through faith.
A belief that ordinary people,
Can still make a difference.
[Final Chorus]
The promise we keep,
The promise we share.
Freedom lives in everyday acts,
And the burdens that we bear.
The promise we keep,
Steady and true.
A light passed on through history,
Now entrusted to me and you.
[Outro – Spoken]
The promise survives...
Not because it's written.
But because we choose to keep it.