Four Score

[Verse 1]

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth,

A new nation on this land, conceived in liberty's birth.

Dedicated to the truth, that all men are created equal,

In the fires of freedom, we stand as one people.

[Chorus]

We are engaged in a great civil war, testing our soul,

Whether this nation can endure, make the broken whole.

We cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate this ground,

The brave men, living and dead, have hallowed it profound.

[Verse 2]

Here we come to dedicate a portion of this field,

As a final resting place for those who gave their shield.

But in a larger sense, we can't add or detract,

The world will little note what we say, but the facts.

[Chorus]

It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here,

To the unfinished work which they who fought have thus far so nobly advanced.

We take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave,

The last full measure of devotion, from the cradle to the grave.

[Bridge]

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom,

And that government of the people, by the people, for the people,

Shall not perish from the earth, no, it shall not fade away,

In the voice of the free, we'll rise and say.

[Outro]

Four score and seven, echoes through the night,

All men created equal, in the morning light.

We the people, standing tall and true,

Gettysburg's call, forever renew.

Inspired by President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address