did you think I could ever forget
  the night by the arlington flame
  in the silence I heard it
  through streets so deserted
  you whispered and called me by name
    did you think I could ever forget
  that powerful look in your eye
  where lincoln stood strong there
  you held me so long there that night
  on the fourth of july
    I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me
  when the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
  and the kingdoms that come set us free on our way
  hope you'll be here with me
  home on washington's day
    now when this world and that world collide
  and the powers that be hit you low
  when you're feeling so small
  in the face of it all
  and you're lost on eternity row
    when the wars that men wage are all through
  and their monuments put on display
  tell the hungry and stranded
  the poor empty handed
  we'll meet them on washington's day
    I hope and I pray...
    did you think I could ever forget
  the night by the arlington flame
  where the monuments laugh over thousands of years
  you whispered and called me by name
    and when that sun goes down
  at the end of the day
  you know I'll always remember
  you who were tender to me
  on washington's day
    I hope and I pray that you'll be here with me
  when the mountains that rise tumble into the sea
  and the visions that come are the visions that stay
  hope you'll be here with me
  home on washington's day