On the 4th of November A warm southern breeze Pushed the temperature up above 60 degrees And the leaves red and gold drifted down from the trees And saw history as they fell For we left home our overcoats left home our gloves Headed down to the park for some peace hope and love While the news helicopters all circled above It was the night we won the war By the tens of the thousands We poured through the gates Stood elbow to elbow to wait out the wait Put our kids on our shoulders and kept them up late And what a story they have to tell And we cheered as the Jumbotron tracked our success From Virginia to Michigan, east to the west And when Ohio came in our hearts burst in our chest On the night we won the war And oh California you know we were all of us counting on you And oh we were all pulling for you And then you came through Reliably blue And we gave out a great shout that rose to the skies And we all hugged the strangers that stood at our sides And even Chicago cops wiped the tears from their eyes On the night we won the war And then finally the man of the hour appeared And he stepped to the microphone asked for our ears And all the stars in the sky they stood still just to hear And the whole world was listening as well For the words that came from the new president’s mouth Said let this be the start of an end to the fight Between the us and the them and the north and the south ‘Tween the north and the south and the black and the white The American flag was a beautiful sight On the night we finally won the war