Lyrics Sérgio Mendes

Sérgio Mendes

Olympia

From the corners of the world they come

The bravest and the best

To write their names in history

And to face the final test

And they gather as they've always done

With one purpose and the one aim

To give their souls and bodies to

The challenge of the game

Olympia, Olympia

Light the flame

And let it burn

Olympia, Olympia

You will teach

And we will learn

We will learn

In your name

We have come

To honor courage

More than glory

More than fame.

We will learn

If we can

The triumph of the spirit

Is the victory of man

And they reach out to each other

To make us all aware

That we celebrate our brotherhood

In the struggles that we share

Olympia, Olympia

Light the flame

And let it burn

Olympia, Olympia

You will teach

And we will learn

We will learn

In your name

We have come

To honor courage

More than glory

More than fame.

We will learn

If we can

The triumph of the spirit

Is the victory of man

And the truth of what you stand for

Will endure when we are gone

Just as long as people dare

To dream

Olympia, Olympia, Olympia

You live on, you live on

Olympia, Olympia

Light the flame

And let it burn

Olympia, Olympia

You will teach

And we will learn

We will learn

In your name

We have come

To honor courage

More than glory

More than fame.

We will learn

If we can

The triumph of the spirit

Is the victory of man