That dawn, oh that dawn is soon approaching br The dawn when I shall overcome my adolescent mistakes br It will be a day of great triumph, a personal victory br The dawn when I shall strut across that stage and mumble 'it's done' br This handshake into adulthood signifies a turning point br I will have at last have become what my elders dreamed br On that dawn, I will become what my past self insisted br I will have made it, on that dawn.