[Verse - solo voice, brass, slow 4/4] We did not choose the length we got The fever or the cold We did not sign a thing at birth That said we must grow old [Chorus - massed voices in unison] So keep the record, keep the name Keep the cold ones cold Whatever else we cannot do Let no one go [Verse - voices building] It is not visions, it is work It's fifty years of hands A colder store, a better graft A promise that still stands [Chorus - massed voices in unison] So keep the record, keep the name Keep the cold ones cold Whatever else we cannot do Let no one go [Verse - full] And when we've saved the ones still here We are not finished then We turn around and walk back down And fetch the rest again [Final chorus - unaccompanied, crowd voices only, no instruments] So keep the record, keep the name Keep the cold ones cold Whatever else we cannot do Let no one go
