King Memorial

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a deep drum-major bass drum booms and a church bell tolls; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the drum and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Down by the Auburn where the Dream was born,
Ebenezer's pews on a Sunday morn;
beat the big drum, let the church bell toll,
King Memorial stirring the soul.

[Chorus]
King, King, drum and bell,
the drum major's beat that we know so well;
boom, toll, boom, let the marching start,
the freedom drum in the city's heart.

[Verse 2]
The tomb and the flame and the eternal light,
the man who marched for the long, hard right;
every drumbeat carries the call ahead,
King Memorial where the Dream is fed.

[Chorus]
King, King, drum and bell,
the drum major's beat that we know so well;
boom, toll, boom, let the marching start,
the freedom drum in the city's heart.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the drum rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]