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We Shall Overcome Lyrics — Bruce Springsteen | Dork

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Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome Lyrics

Lyrics

Bruce Springsteen

We Shall Overcome

From We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions2006

Written by Charles Albert Tindley, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger, Zilphia Horton

Produced by Bruce Springsteen

Lyrics

We Shall Overcome

[Refrain] Hey, we shall overcome, we shall overcome We shall overcome someday Darling, here in my heart, yeah, I do believe We shall overcome someday [Verse 1] Well, we'll walk hand-in-hand, we'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand-in-hand someday Darling, here in my heart, yeah, I do believe We'll walk hand-in-hand someday [Verse 2] Well, we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace We shall live in peace someday Darling, here in my heart, yeah, I do believe We shall live in peace someday [Instrumental break] [Verse 3] Well, we are not afraid, we are not afraid We shall overcome someday Yeah, here in my heart I do believe We shall overcome someday [Refrain] Hey, we shall overcome, we shall overcome We shall overcome someday Darling, here in my heart I do believe We shall overcome someday We shall overcome someday [Instrumental & Vocal Outro]

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About this track

"We Shall Overcome" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, released in 2006. The song was written by Charles Albert Tindley, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger, Zilphia Horton. It was produced by Bruce Springsteen.

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