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Andrew Pauls - New Pledge | NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2026

My Tiny Desk Competition submission for 2026. I needed a new pledge, so I wrote one. Thanks for supporting hand-crafted songs. Song written and performed by Andrew Pauls. Video by Caleb Bornman LYRICS: Eight ‘o clock, a sunny Monday morning Twenty hands placed over twenty little hearts We face the flag above the dusty chalkboard And say those words without thinking what they are We learned about the men with feather pens, declaring independence And freedom sounded pretty good to me But what the textbooks couldn’t sell us, what School House Rock forgot to tell us Was the difference between reality and dreams I pledge allegiance to a future Where everybody’s truly free I pledge allegiance to the dream Six ‘o clock out under those bright floodlights The announcer gets us all up on our feet A girl in a red dress steps to the microphone Starts to sing “O say can you see” But I needed a new song to push us forward Those time-worn words weren’t ringing true for me I need no rockets glare, no bombs in air I need an anthem made for love and care Oh say can I see you, can you see me? I pledge allegiance to a future Where everybody’s truly free I pledge allegiance to my neighbor To my friends and enemies I pledge allegiance to the dream There are tears that cried the blue behind those fifty stars And there is blood that bled the red stripes on the white It’s hard to say I love the country of this flag But I know I have to find a way to try So, I pledge allegiance to a future Where everybody’s truly free I pledge allegiance to my neighbor To my friends and enemies I pledge allegiance to the dream Copyright 2025 - Andrew Pauls-Thomas. All rights reserved.