What a Difference a Day Makes

What a difference a day makes A minute, a second is all it takes To create history, to change the world To embark on ventures, brave, new and bold It takes a day for war to start A day that will, for years, tear nations apart It takes a day for life to begin One that will, on another day, a new nation win It takes a day to launch a new career One that will, our lives, into a new era steer It takes a day to realize the work of a lifetime Work that will, one day, be praised in song and rhyme It takes a day for a typhoon, tsunami or earthquake A day, that will, millions of lives rudely shake It takes a day for disaster to strike Disaster that will take away the people and things we like It takes a day for you and me To be the people that we can be It takes a day for you to grow And the friend of a lifetime, get to know What a difference a day makes So, let us give it all it takes To make this day, special and good To be the people we can and should.