The confetti's long swept off the groundThe captain's grey now, the kids aroundHe points to the cup on the mantel shelfThe thing he kept was never the gold itselfRaise it high, raise it highLift the cupFor every hand that helped us lift it upLift the cupThis one's forever, no one's taking what we gotOh-oh-oh-oh, foreverOh-oh-oh-ohYears from now he tells the storyNot about the gold, about the gloryOf a group of nobodies who triedAnd kept the fire alive inside, and the kids' eyes shineLift the cupFor every hand that helped us lift it upLift the cupThis one's forever, no one's taking what we gotAnd when the lights go down and the crowd goes homeYou'll never have to carry it aloneThis was ours, this was real, this was trueAnd I'd do it all again with youLift the cupOh-oh-oh-oh, forever
