This is a rewrite of the famous “One Day More” song from les Miserables to reflect a New Year – perhaps suitable to be sung at New years Eve
(thios is for 2023 to 20204 but can be changed as needed)
One Year More
One year more
Another year, another journey’s start
As we face the future with hopeful hearts
The memories of the past year’s time
A year we’ve left, a year to climb
One year more
We’re leaving 2023 behind
How will we greet the brand new year?
One year more
As we welcome 2024’s light
With friends and family, we hold dear
One more year, a chance unknown
What’s in store for us to see?
One more year, our dreams have grown
And we’ll make them a reality
But the challenges we bear
As we step into the night
One more year to face the storm
Will we find our guiding star?
As we navigate this life’s norm
With the world both near and far
Will we take our place once more?
In this journey, hand in hand
The time is now, the year is here
One year more
One year more to new resolutions
We’ll start anew, make no excuses
We’ll face the challenges ahead
With resolutions firmly spread (one year more)
Watch the moments
as they fly
Capture them
and make them last
With loved ones near,
we’ll reach the sky
We’ll cherish every moment,
hold them fast
One year more for a fresh beginning
Raise our spirits high and clear
Every person can be a shining
Be the change, bring hope and cheer
There’s a year of wonders waiting
There’s a year of dreams to share
Do you feel the hope within?
Our time is now, let’s all begin
One year more
We will stand as one in unity (leaving 2023 behind)
Through the days and nights that come
We will face the future with serenity (greeting 2024, no fear to succumb)
In the year ahead, our journey’s just begun
One year more
Watch the time as it flies (as we welcome 2024’s light)
Embrace the future,
hold it tight
Never know what’s in disguise
With hope and love, we’ll reach new heights
We’ll be ready for the unknown (with friends and family, we hold dear)
Embrace the year, our hearts are sown
With hopes and dreams, we persevere
One more dawn,
one more day One year more,
let’s pave the way!
One Day More
One day more
Another day, another destiny
This never-ending road to Calvary
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time
One day more
I did not live until today
How can I live when we are parted?
One day more
Tomorrow you’ll be worlds away
And yet with you, my world has started
One more day all on my own
Will we ever meet again?
One more day with him not caring
I was born to be with you
What a life I might have known
And I swear I will be true
But he never saw me there
One more day before the storm
Do I follow where she goes?
At the barricades of freedom
Shall I join my brothers there?
When our ranks begin to form
Do I stay, and do I dare?
Will you take your place with me?
The time is now, the day is here
One day more
One day more to revolution
We will nip it in the bud
We’ll be ready for these schoolboys
They will wet themselves with blood (one day more)
Watch ’em run amok
Catch ’em as they fall
Never know your luck
When there’s a free for all
Here’s a little dip
There a little touch
Most of them are goners
So they won’t miss much
One day to a new beginning
Raise the flag of freedom high
Every man will be a king
Every man will be a king
There’s a new world for the winning
There’s a new world to be won
Do you hear the people sing?
My place is here, I fight with you
One day more
We will join these people’s heroes (I did not live until today)
We will follow where they go
We will learn their little secrets (how can I live when we are parted?)
We will know the things they know
One day more
Watch ’em run amok (tomorrow you’ll be worlds away)
Catch ’em as they fall
Never know your luck
When there’s a free-for-all
We’ll be ready for these schoolboys (and yet with you, my world has started)
Tomorrow we’ll be far away
Tomorrow is the judgment day
Tomorrow we’ll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store
One more dawn
One more day
One day more