[Intro]
If you would like to get out of a pessimistic mood yourself
I got one sure remedy for you
Go help those people down in Birmingham and Mississippi or Alabama
All kinds of jobs that need to be done
It takes hands and hearts and heads to do it
Human beings to do it
And then we'll see this song come true

[Verse 1]
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day

[Refrain]
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
Oh, we shall overcome some day (We'll walk hand in hand)

[Verse 2]
We'll walk hand in hand
Wе'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand some day

[Refrain]
Oh, deep in my heart
I do bеlieve
We shall overcome some day (We shall live in peace)
[Verse 3]
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace some day

[Refrain]
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day (The whole wide world around)

[Verse 4]
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around (Some day) some day

[Refrain]
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day

[Interlude]
Now you know it, the best verse
Was made up down in Montgomery, Alabama
Says, "We are not afraid"
And here, you and I up here
And like every human being in the world
We have been afraid
But you still sing it, "We are not afraid"
"We are not afraid"
And I'd especially like to dedicate this verse to an old friend of mine
I think she's the oldest person here tonight
Aunt Alice Politzer
Ninety-three years old and she came to sing with us
[Verse 5]
We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid (Today!) today

[Refrain]
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day (We shall overcome)

[Verse 1]
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day

[Refrain]
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe (We shall overcome)
We shall overcome some day