If One Person...

One person can beat a drum

And make enough noise for ten

One person can blow a horn

And that little boom!

And that little blare!

Can make a hundred others care

If one person can hold a torch

And light up the sky again

And one little voice

That's squeaking a song

Can make a million voices strong

If one person can beat a drum

And one person can blow a horn

If one person can hold a torch

The one person can change the world

There may be an army of them

And only and handful of us

How can a poor little band

Try to fight a regime?

There may be a legion of them

And only a parcel of us

But it isn't the size of the fist

It's the size of the dream!

"One Person" from the musical Dear World

Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman