<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div><b>“United”</b> by Erica</div><div><br></div><div>Do we stay silent</div><div>Or raise our voices?</div><div>Do we give in</div><div>Or make our choices?</div><div><br></div><div>This is our chance. </div><div>This is our threat.</div><div>This is our choice. </div><div>And we're not finished yet.</div><div><br></div><div>We stand together </div><div>And await the light</div><div>This is our chance, </div><div>This is our fight.</div><div><br></div><div>Here we're standing, </div><div>United and strong.</div><div>We're not giving this up.</div><div>We're not moving on.</div><div><br></div><div>This is our voice; </div><div>This is what we came to show.</div><div>This is our choice,</div><div>And we're not letting go</div><div><br></div><div>This is our word.</div><div>You give what you get.</div><div>This is our world, </div><div>And we're not finished yet.</div><div><br></div><div>We stand beside you, </div><div>Ready to pay our debt</div><div>We stand united</div><div>Because we're not finished yet.</div><div><br></div><div>Children are born every day, </div><div>Waiting for someone to trust.</div><div>Dreams are dreamed every day </div><div>But left alone to rust.</div><div><br></div><div>Raise your voices; stand up tall.</div><div>You know this is unjust.</div><div>Make your choices; stand from the fall,</div><div>Because dreams are counting on us.</div><div><br></div><div>I know that you are scared to be strong.</div><div>You have every right to be.</div><div>Show the dreamers that you care. </div><div>Come and stand with me.</div><div><br></div><div>Think of our future; think of the truth. </div><div>Think of the lives we share.</div><div>Think of our beginnings; think of our youth. </div><div>We're all just a kid from somewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>Standing together, holding hands, </div><div>We all came from the same place.</div><div>Joined we are forever;</div><div>We are running the same race.</div><div><br></div><div>Stand with me; we're not through yet.</div><div>We are getting what we gave.</div><div>Hand in hand with me, strongest together. </div><div>This can all be saved. </div><div><br></div><div>This is like our lifetimes;</div><div>This is more than just a game.</div><div>This is more than just the money, </div><div>More than ourselves, more than fame.</div><div><br></div><div>Speak up for what matters, </div><div>Because now it does; this love is caving.</div><div>Speak up before we shatter.</div><div>Think of all the dreams we're saving.</div><div><br></div><div>There are kids like us in Texas, </div><div>Out in Utah, up in Maine.</div><div>There are kids that are the future Crosby, </div><div>Skinner, Matthews, Kane.</div><div><br></div><div>From the mountains, valleys, cities,</div><div>Suburbs, hamlets and countryside,</div><div>There are the children of this future.</div><div>All around us they reside.</div><div><br></div><div>On the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, </div><div>The Canes and Minnesota Wild.</div><div>We often forget that before they were champions, </div><div>Each one was just a child</div><div><br></div><div>They once stood watching, </div><div>Dreaming with this light inside their eyes.</div><div>Together we can save that light, </div><div>And return it to more lives.</div><div><br></div><div>Here we're standing, grasping hands; </div><div>Here we're standing strong.</div><div>This time we're not giving in, </div><div>And we're not moving on.</div><div><br></div><div>THIS is our voice; </div><div>This is what we came to show.</div><div>This is our choice,</div><div>And we're not letting go.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the world we live in.</div><div>You must give what you get.</div><div>This is our word we're giving. </div><div>We're not finished yet.</div><div><br></div><div>We stand together, united. </div><div>This is our chance to repay this debt.</div><div>We stand beside you all, united.</div><div>We're not finished yet.</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>