How Many Will Be Remembered - Shirley Caesar

A million unsung heroes over there and here at home

Who are sleeping in their graves, their names are unknown

The Lincoln, Kings, and Kennedys will all go down in history

But so will Hitler and little old Al Capone

It takes people, all kind of people to make a world, they say

We’ve got all kinds of people passing through this world today

We’ve got saints, sinners and losers and winners

The good old mes and yous

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

When they start taking names for the hall of fame

And writing up the who’s who

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

I get a bad taste in my mouth every time I try to say

John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and names like James Earl Ray

They’re never to be forgotten, it seems

But they stick like coins in the minds of men

A hundred million years from today

But you know what?

It takes people, all kind of people to make a world, they say

They’ve got all kinds of people passing through this world today

We’ve got saints, sinners and losers and winners

The good old mes and yous

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

When they start taking names for the hall of fame

And writing the who’s who

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

Can you tell me now?

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

When they start taking names for the hall of fame

And writing up the who’s who

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

How many will be remembered?

Just a few

When they start taking names for the hall of fame

And writing up the who’s who

How many will be remembered?

Just a few