Song Lyrics

I'm chasing a shadow, I can't see a thing,
It's dipping and diving like a bird on the wing,
And every time I get near it just seems to slip away;

There's a fighter inside who will never give up,
We are what we are and it's never enough,
Write the words in the sand that this man will come again;

You may run from the sea, and the words disappear,
Oh you may fall to your knees,
But the power is here, to survive;

It's shining again,
It's shining again, the spirit of man,
It's shining again, the spirit of man;

Ah remember the first day of man on the moon,
The whole world was watching, a whole world in tune,
It was hard to believe he was the same as me and you;

Oh look back to the future and look down the years,
It wasn't all battles and bad news and tears,
We have brought to this place a desire to have a dream;

We may reach for the stars, and fall from the sky,
Oh in the darkest hour the spirit of man comes to life;

It's shining again, the spirit of man,
It's shining again, the spirit of man,
It's shining again, the spirit of man;

And we work, aha, for the good things that we can have,
Yea we work, aha, for the family and home,
Yea we work, aha, for the D-Mark and the dollar,
Yea we work, aha, for the woman on the phone,
Yea we work, aha, for that moment of elation,
Yea we work, aha, for a chance to get away,
And we work, aha, just to let imagination,
Come inside and take me away;

We may reach for the stars, and fall from the sky,
Ooh in the darkest hour the spirit of man comes to life;

It's shining again, the spirit of man,
It's shining again, the spirit of man,
It's shining again, the spirit of man.

Chris De Burgh

The duration of The Spirit of Man is 4:40 minutes and seconds.