Saw a movie, "Top of the World"
But I found it didn't lift me, 
Jimmy Cagney's mother died, 
It didn't move, it didn't shift me

And Santiago fell 10 years ago, or more 
And it seems we've been falling ever since 
And now there's something stirring in Managua 
It's got the power, it's got the power to convince.

How we ever gonna thank you enough 
You've shown us that the good can get tough 
Sandinista! 

The future seems so far away, sometimes 
Without a guide and with no example 
But your work, can take so many there and give
Washington more than a sample. 

How we ever gonna thank you enough 
You've shown us that the good can get tough 
Sandinista! 

If we could only brush away
The dust of 50 years 
We'd be on a road in Spain 
With a white hot sun above 
And all around are voices 
Other accents and other tongues 
Here to say that this republic 
Needs our arms, and it needs our love...

How we ever gonna thank you enough 
You've shown us that the good can get tough 
Sandinista!