The Spirit Of Man — Chris De Burgh

I'm chasing a shadow, I can't see a thing, It's dipping and diving like a bird on the wing, And every time I get near it just seems to slip away;

There's a fighter inside who will never give up, We are what we are and it's never enough, Write the words in the sand that this man will come again;

You may run from the sea, and the words disappear, Oh you may fall to your knees, But the power is here, to survive;

It's shining again, It's shining again - the spirit of man, It's shining again - the spirit of man;

Ah remember the first day of man on the moon, The whole world was watching, a whole world in tune, It was hard to believe he was the same as me and you;

Oh look back to the future and look down the years, It wasn't all battles and bad news and tears, We have brought to this place a desire to have a dream;

We may reach for the stars, and fall from the sky, Oh in the darkest hour the spirit of man comes to life;

It's shining again - the spirit of man, It's shining again - the spirit of man, It's shining again - the spirit of man;

And we work - aha - for the good things that we can have, Yea we work - aha - for the family and home, Yea we work - aha - for the D-Mark and the dollar, Yea we work - aha - for the woman on the phone, Yea we work - aha - for that moment of elation, Yea we work - aha - for a chance to get away, And we work - aha - just to let imagination, Come inside and take me away;

We may reach for the stars, and fall from the sky, Ooh in the darkest hour the spirit of man comes to life;

It's shining again - the spirit of man, It's shining again - the spirit of man, It's shining again - the spirit of man.