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The World Won't Change Itself

from Not On Our Watch by Joe Solo

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lyrics

Can I please get a lyrical witness
To the march of the blind and the witless
To the drop at the clifftop where
There's a queue for the view
And it's "Look down there!"
You see the city with the streets like a warzone
You see the pole and the hole in the ozone
You see the child there standing in the man suit
Finger on the button wearing Daddy's little jack boots

Chorus:
We can do this but we need your help
Cos the world won't won't change itself

What they got ain't a-nothin' in the long run
It's not a mix you can fix with a six gun
They're just an old man standing in the fast lane
Roadkill. Chill pill. Kids'll play a new game
Reset.
Stick a bullet in the chamber
Poor first, no you're not in any danger
Smile boy, cos a hole in there'll suit ya
Bang, bang, you're dead. Welcome to the future

Chorus

You think we're rich now?
How come then we're all skint?
You think we're free now?
Better read the small print.
You think you're better cos of colour, class and creed?
As people starve while you buy shit you'll never need
You've got the right now to kill me with a handgun
Or run me over if I don't stand for the anthem
Lies with fries and bucket full of reason
Gagging when you swallow then it's terror or treason

Chorus

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from Not On Our Watch, released January 1, 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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