Prairie Ministrel

Like a Phoenix Rising

By Tom Vance

Key of G

1.
There have been dark times in the history of this nation that we love;

Dark times that have tried and tested us all,

And as we’ve struggled to rise above, we have always found,

That there’s a spirit in our people that was born in freedom’s call,

Chorus
Like a Phoenix rising, from the ashes of despair,

The spirit of freedom rises, and lifts us all

Like a beacon of hope, our people unite,

To show the world that freedom’s light, will forever, forever shine so bright.

2.
From the winter at Valley Forge, to the agony at Gettysburg;

From the bombs at Pearl Harbor to the jungles of Vietnam.

We have lost our innocence many times and now we’ve lost it again,

As the war against Freedom has touched our very shore.

Chorus

Words and music by Tom Vance, © September, 2001

		Like a Phoenix Rising
		By Tom Vance
Key of G

1.		There have been dark times in the history of this nation that we love;

		Dark times that have tried and tested us all,

		And as we’ve struggled to rise above, we have always found,

		That there’s a spirit in our people that was born in freedom’s call,


Chorus		Like a Phoenix rising, from the ashes of despair,

		The spirit of freedom rises, and lifts us all

		Like a beacon of hope, our people unite,

		To show the world that freedom’s light, will forever, forever shine so bright.

2.		From the winter at Valley Forge, to the agony at Gettysburg;
		From the bombs at Pearl Harbor to the jungles of Vietnam.
		We have lost our innocence many times and now we’ve lost it again,
		As the war against Freedom has touched our very shore.

		Chorus


		Words and music by Tom Vance, © September, 2001