♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Please God, show him the way ♪ ♪ Please God, on this day ♪ ♪ Spirits all give him the strength ♪ ♪ Peace can come if you really want it ♪ ♪ I had a fragile dream in a great house in the Hamptons ♪ ♪ I'd been there before, singing songs and doing benefits ♪ ♪ Was in a room alone, putting on my makeup ♪ ♪ Like so many things had come to me, the dress came across the Persian carpet ♪ ♪ As I fell into the dress, a thought came to me ♪ ♪ Into my heart, I have a dream ♪ ♪ And the door opened, I turned to face the music ♪ ♪ I was ready for the Kennedy's ♪ ♪ I don't know if it was 1960 or 1963 ♪ ♪ Everything was timeless, even me ♪ ♪ I wasn't old, I wasn't young, I was just part of their dream ♪ ♪ A shadow walked with me down the hall, it was Martin Luther King ♪ ♪ All in shadow, all before me, overwhelmed by destiny ♪ ♪ Someone said, sing us a song, there's a piano, and handed me a drink ♪ ♪ The room was full of hope, a song would set them free ♪ ♪ And I said, please God, show him the way, please God, on this day ♪ ♪ Spirits all give him the strength, peace can come if you really want it ♪ ♪ I sat at the piano, I stared out at the shadows, I sang the words, I have a dream ♪ ♪ He wasn't my old friend John, I didn't know him then, but he smiled at me ♪ ♪ And I sang these words, whatever it takes, whatever it takes to be free ♪ ♪ No, I didn't know these men, but they knew me ♪ ♪ It was all symbolic, nothing was as it seemed ♪ ♪ They all left us in a single shot, but they didn't take the dream ♪ ♪ They were there in that house, discussing the future and drinking champagne ♪ ♪ I was just the piano player, the voice, part of their dream ♪ ♪ I was 35, maybe I was 15, it was just another night in the presence of Martin Luther King ♪ ♪ I was just a dreamer, I was ready for the Kennedy's ♪ ♪ And I said, please God, show him the way, please God, on this day ♪ ♪ Light the fire, start it over, tell the world about the dream, start it up, make it real ♪ ♪ Back in the room where it all began, my heart began to heal, I believe it ♪ ♪ I remember the beauty of the Hamptons, shadows playing in the sun ♪ ♪ A voice said, the dream is not over, no, the dream has just begun ♪ ♪ I spun around to see another shadow, slipping through the door ♪ ♪ And my eyes opened wide, what is this all for? And the shadow said, don't forget it, don't forget what we were fighting for ♪ ♪ Don't forget it ♪ And I said, please God, show him the way, please God, on this day ♪ ♪ Spirits all give him the strength, peace can come if you fight for it ♪ ♪ I think we're just in time to save it, just in time to save it, give him the strength on this day ♪ ♪ Please God, oh please God, please God, show them the way ♪ ♪ I think we're just in time to save it, just in time, please God, show them the way ♪ ♪ Please God, don't forget it, don't forget it, don't forget it, please God, show them the way ♪ ♪