written for my application to serve as CT State Troubadour
lyrics
We all have a hope. We all have a hope and we have a dream
That somehow things will all turn out to be better than they seem.
We must pull together, if we want to find a way
To make Connecticut a better place today.
From Stonington, to Salisbury
Thompson, down to Greenwich, and all points in between
All the cities on the shoreline, along Long Island Sound
Along the river corridor, we all have this common ground:
We all have a hope. We all have a hope and we have a dream
That somehow things will all turn out to be better than they seem.
We must pull together, if we want to find a way
To make Connecticut a better place today.
Whether 860, or 203
On both sides of the river, we’re still “you and me.”
You might vote Red or Blue, ride a bike, a bus, a car,
We all live in Connecticut, that’s “us”; that’s who we are...
We all have a hope. We all have a hope and we have a dream
That somehow things will all turn out to be better than they seem.
We must pull together, if we want to find a way
To make Connecticut a better place today.
It doesn’t matter what your colour is, or what you make your creed
Doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, or whose face you choose to feed.
It’s time to let the mantis pray, and let the robin sing…
The mountain laurel start to bloom - turn our Winter into Spring...
We all have a hope. We all have a hope and we have a dream
That somehow things will all turn out to be better than they seem.
We can pull together, and we will find a way
To make Connecticut a better place today.
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