Just kids when we got here so long ago
Our lives were gonna change, they told us so
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree
They started bending you and bending me
Puttin' us through to that Royal Blue persuasion
We were the ones who were born to praise
those stalwart sons of other days
We started in running that lifelong race
to become the ones who could take their place
Still so new to that Royal Blue persuasion
Day after day pickin' up that pace
Doubt in the heart, grin on the face
Keep hittin' that wall, we all had to get tough
You might be good, never good enough
Till we knew that Royal Blue persuasion
We've all had lives since we left this hill
but what we got here, we carry with us still
Full grown at last, the past forgiven
There's nobody better, but you better stay driven
Right on through to that Royal Blue persuasion
We're gonna keep busy around the hive
Not for self alone, long as we're alive
It's what you give, not what you been given
That's the real end and business of living
Ain't it true, that's Royal Blue persuasion
Now Fortune finds us back here today
Lost a lotta good men along the way
We were just kids then, now we're agin'
But we made it through to this occasion
Still a crew of that Royal Blue persuasion