This was the theme song for an Australian mini-series a long time ago. I wrote down the words because they moved me so much, in childish coloured pencil on a piece of lined paper … and never found a recording of the song, although I’ve been looking for it ever since.
Here it is:
When you’re living through a hard time
You must hold onto your dreams,
And you never give up hoping
Even though sometimes it seems
That the hard times are too many,
And the good times are too few,
And the hope of better thing
Is all you have to see you through.
So hold onto your dreams
We’ll be dreaming together,
And we’ll do our best to make things
Just a little bit better.
There’s a light within you burning,
Though sometimes the flame burns small.
And step by step, we’ll build
A land of hope for us all.
Yes, step by step, we’ll build
A land of hope for us all
YES!
I don’t recall the lyrics from a piece of paper, but I’ve been singing them on and off for the last 25 years! Amazing that I remembered them when there were only 10 episodes, and I was a primary school when they ran!
Such a lovely song, and nice memories of the show too. Wish we could track it down.