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 one name To give the souls and lives 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
They have traveled lonely roads of pain For the moment yet to be Knowing in the journey each will find Their own humanity 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 be Olympiad, Olympiad, Olympiad 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
Olympia Keep the flame burnin' Olympia, Olympia Celebrate our brotherhood Olympia, Olympia