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The Past Won't Last Forever EP

by Joe Solo

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For all my people fighting For a better fairer land For those who raise a fist And those who lend a helping hand For those who say no more And draw a line there in the sand Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah For the workers with the bottle left To ballot for a strike To the ones who swallow down their fear And step up to the mic For them who.click the 'Share' And yeah, for them who click the 'Like' Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah The past won't last forever It's changing now. Gay, Straight, Bi or Trans we stand Together not apart I've an LGBT rainbow flag here Flying in my heart We should never be afraid to love Or be just who we are Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah The past won't last forever It's changing now To them who see a refugee and say 'You can't come in" For those who judge somebody By the colour of their skin You may well shout the loudest But we'll never let you win Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah I will not sell tomorrow For an easy life today If you come for my people I'll be there stood in the way Cos solidarity means Stand together come what may Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah The past won't last forever It's changing now
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You must be ever so proud of your country To beat up a man on a train Was your heartbeat the roar of those lions? Was St George slaying dragons again? You didn't stop when you'd broken his glasses Or the blood splatter fell just like rain You must be ever so proud of your country To beat up a man on a train. Chorus: So I'll stand with my brothers and sisters Whatever their colour, their class or their creed I will run to their side in an instant And hold out my hand in their hour of need See England is not in your hatred It's not in the kicks and the punches you aim No, England needs a new pair of glasses now England was that man on the train I've given you lads a fair hearing And I've come to accept that it's true And Engerland does need defending But it needs defending from you And yes I believe in that freedom of speech That you've been out preaching all day But it seems that your version of freedom of speech Is the freedom to take mine away Chorus
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My Grandfather told me: "They'll always need coal, son. There's billions of tons Stretching under the sea. It's not just a job, It's a whole way of life, son. You were born for that pit Like your father and me." He'd come from the Auld Country Like so many men here And he'd sank that pit With his blood, sweat and tears. And though it bent his back And he knackered his lungs there He worked at the coal face For forty-odd years. Chorus: So Rise Up, Rise Up Mining brothers and sisters Though they shut the pit And the old Welfare Hall And then raided our pensions We raise up the banner If they think that we're beat They don't know us at all. For twenty-odd years Coal put food on the table A roof over our heads And shoes on our feet. The lads had my back And I had theirs the same, son. And that's how you lose Without knowing defeat. Chorus. When I look to the pit head The big wheel's stopped turning I think of that coal Stretching under the sea. And I think of me Grandad His Irish eyes smiling And I know that it stands there In his memory. Chorus
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Chorus: I'm only singing the truth I'm only singing the truth It's what I see as what I've got to do I'm only singing the truth I'm only singing the truth If you don't like it then the problem here is you There was a rasta telecaster man Who struck it like a bullet from the heart He didn't come preaching from a masterplan But sure as hell he showed us where to start He said: "I'm not here to tell you who you are, now. You can be just what you choose. I'm not here to tell you what to think, I'm here to tell you if you don't think then you lose." Chorus I read the gospel of the travellin' man Who'd jump the train and hop from town to town He'd hear the stories of the working man And he would sing of what he found He said: "This land of ours was built by many people, You'll never find in a book. I'm not trying to tell you what to see, I'm trying to tell you that you need to take a look." Chorus I'm not singing at you now, I'm singing for you. Cos I don't want you to forget That tomorrow's promised out to no-one And the future? Well it isn't over yet. Chorus
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Last night I dreamed I was ragged and torn I'd been crushed of all hope Since the day I was born I was faceless and nameless And barely fifteen Was the 16th of August In 1819 Last night I dreamed I'd no shoes on my feet Stood in St Peter's Field In the midsummer heat And someone there spoke Of a long distant dream Was the 16th of August In 1819 Well I knew of St Peter A fisherman born Did it take all his faith up To ride out a storm? And before he met Christ Then to whom did he pray? There was many a devil But no God there that day Last night I dreamed Of a cavalry horse Rearing up there before me The magistrate's force With the flash of a blade Heard a young woman scream Was the 16th of August In 1819 I knew of St Peter And three times he lied With his own eyes a witness Yet still he denied There was no son of God Just a man to betray There was many a devil But no God there that day Last night I dreamed Of a soldier before me I looked in his eyes And I saw only hate I turned to my people All bloodied and broken And fifteen lay dead At the hands of the State Well I knew of St Peter Would he look down in shame At the blood on this field here Now bearing his name? When nailed to a cross of his own Could he pray? There was many a devil But no God there that day.
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Chorus: Bring us that 'Land Fit For Heroes' you promised I was raised to think breaking a promise was wrong So bring us that 'Land Fit For Heroes' you promised For until then the fight goes on I'll be proud of this country The day it remembers It wasn't just Englishmen Died at my side There were colours and creeds From all over the world there I loved them as brothers And recall them with pride Chorus I'll be proud of this country The day it remembers It sent us to die In a war to end wars So each bomb you drop And each bullet you fire now Dishonours our name And brings shame upon yours Chorus I'll be proud of this country The day it remembers A land is its people Not a palace and Crown And you may 'Remember Them' Every November But each day their ghosts Walk the streets of this town They're now empty chairs At the head of a table They're bicycles rusting Away in a shed They're echoes of laughter In long-silent hallways These are the ghosts Of your 'Glorious Dead' Chorus Bring us the Land Fit For Heroes you promised Or it weren't for freedom we died after all Cos I fought for that Land Fit For Heroes you promised Not to buy Lady Muck a new mask for the ball....
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I've been the whole world over And in my travelling days I met boys and girls Who loved boys and girls In a million different ways But I never met nobody Whose aching heart didn't yearn To love and to be loved To love and to be loved To love and to be loved In return So fly a flag of rainbows And sing out from your heart And drown out all those voices Who would have us live apart Cos I've been the whole world over And a fire always burns To love and to be loved To love and to be loved To love and to be loved In return

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Sister release to 'Headscarves & Hurricanes'. 8-track CD.

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released November 26, 2018

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Joe Solo Scarborough, UK

Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry.
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