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A girl is born in St. Bethlehem, Tennessee
An illness finds its way into her body, not one but three
Her mother brings her fifty miles by bus, just to see
The doctor sighs and then
Says she'll never walk again
They thank him for his time find their way in line
And start back home again

On this day this girl makes up her mind, this is not the end
Her father mother sisters brothers tell her, "you will walk again"
They give her all the hope she'll ever need to find her way
And in her 12th year this day she's dreamt of is here
She walks across the floor opens up the door
And leaves all fear behind

Wilma Rudolph
You know not what you can do
Wilma Rudolph
The world is waiting for you

A few years later Wilma finds her home out on the track
Her coach says "Skeeter, run straight from this place, and don't you look back"
She runs so fast her feet they leave the ground, she begins to fly
Yet at her first meet our Wilma leaves in defeat
It doesn't get her down her eyes are on the crown
She decides she's going to win

Wilma Rudolph
You know not what you can do
Wilma Rudolph
The world is waiting for you

And when she runs
The world disappears
Her footsteps are all that she hears
She sees no walls
And she knows no bounds
She hears roaring cheers all around

Wilma Rudolph
You know just what you can do
Wilma Rudolph
This world is waiting for you
Wilma you are
a thousand shooting stars
Everything you need
is right where you are

On her way to Rome, she feels a long way from Tennessee
In 1960 Wilma wins her gold, not one but three
The world is watching as she runs her way to victory
And far far away a young girl is watching this race
On that very night a dream is set alight
That runner she looks like me

Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph

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