Sacrifice in Silence

Sun beats down on the concrete yard

Boot heels worn and the work is hard

Sweat in my eyes but I make no sound

Just keeping my head down

And when the moon climbs up the sky I light the lamp,

keep my tired eyes wide

Every dollar saved goes in the jar

To send my little sister far

She'll walk the halls I never knew

(yeah) I'll bear the weight to see her through

Years roll by like a heavy train

Hiding the weariness, hiding the pain

She wore the cap and she held the scroll Then she looked

at me and she bared her soul

She said I saw the dust on your boots each night And

I knew you kept on the study light

She said every dollar saved inside that jar

Has brought me here to who we are

I walked the halls you never knew

Because you bore the weight to see me through (oh-oh-oh)

We made it through

(we made it through)