I guess I need a little time to heal the pain
A little time to make up for, oh the last 600 days.
It's been a long road, it's been a hard road
We starting thinkin' nothin's ever gonna go our way

We the people
We the people

I never thought the world would ever go the way it did
And now our savings is all gone we'll have to try to save again
Oh the numbers that I figure mean I work a few more years
But that doesn't mean, I haven't got the strength to dry my tears.

We the people, we need a little hope
We the people, maybe redemption
We the people, a little hope
We the people, maybe forgiveness

Oh, give us rest
Give us all the best

My car payment, my house payment, where's my retirement?
Oh, it all went to pay the rent.
I gave my banker my best comment.

I said "I meant, I meant, I meant, I meant to save my money."

We the people, we need a little hope
We the people, maybe redemption
We the people, a little hope
We the people, yeah
We the people, maybe redemption
We the people, yeah

It's not what happens to us, it's just how we respond
That makes us what we are, that makes us what we are.