Forty Years Strong

Intro

Remember the halls with the echoes of our names

Lockers and laughter in childhood games

Passing notes folded in secret code

Dreams drawn on notebooks no one else knows

Verse 0

Shy faces meeting in the busy crowd

Teachers and lessons, jokes said too loud

A hundred small moments that led to this day

The start of a journey, all finding our way

Verse 1

Caps and gowns lined the hall that day

Smiles and goodbyes, we went our own way

Promise in our eyes with heads held high

Ready to chase what we’d find outside

Pre-Chorus

Yearbooks and signatures in blue and gold

Secrets and laughter only we’d hold

Chorus

Forty years, look how far we've come

Pictures in our minds of when we were young

Class of '85, still shining on

We wrote our stories as we moved along

Post-Chorus

Ooh ooh, we're still here

Ooh ooh, after all these years

Verse 2

Some went to college, some served proud and strong

Others found purpose where they belonged

We built our families, watched children grow

Now grandchildren play in yards we know

Pre-Chorus

Laugh lines and memories never fade

We carry the moments we made

Chorus

Forty years, look how far we've come

Pictures in our minds of when we were young

Class of '85, still shining on

We wrote our stories as we moved along

Post-Chorus

Ooh ooh, we're still here

Ooh ooh, after all these years

Bridge

Old faces new lines but the same old crew

Holding on to the friendships that pulled us through

We cheer for each other at reunions tonight

The flame of our youth still burning bright

Chorus

Forty years, we remember it all

First loves and heartaches, every rise, every fall

Class of '85, our journey goes on

Telling our stories as we sing this song

Post-Chorus

Ooh ooh, standing strong

Ooh ooh, where we belong

Post-Chorus

Ooh ooh, standing strong

Ooh ooh, where we belong