When the Great Men Signed Their Names

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Thomas Jefferson sat one day His quill pen in his hand And wrote some mighty words about A mighty, mighty land He wrote about the liberty That men would die to gain And to this pledge of freedom Oh, the great men signed their names [Chorus] A declaration of independence Our forefathers signed Made this land of freedom Your land and mine The bells will ring, and voices sing From the mountains Through the plains The world will long remember When the great men signed their names [Verse 2] In places such as Vietnam My men now have to fight To show the world that we still believe In freedom's light And if a man must die It will not be in vain But for the liberty we had Since the great men signed their names Many times down through the years We've had to prove again This country's still the home Of some mighty, mighty men There'll always be a Vietnam Where free men have to fight Just like the ones who signed their names And gave us freedom's right [Chorus] The declaration of independence Our forefathers signed Made this land of freedom Your land and mine The bells will ring, and voices sing From the mountains Through the plains The world will long remember When the great men signed their names The world will long remember When the great men signed their names