We've All Got A Voice Lyrics - Singles - Alan Charles Stewart

CHORUS 

hey there come and hear what we say 

and we hope you don't mind if we put it this way 

'cos we've all got a voice at the end of the day 

if you want to see what we mean 

come and hear what we say 

he asked for a million dollars 

then he asked for a million more 

he said if I don't get what I want 

I'm going to walk right out that door 

so we gathered around his mahogany desk 

and wished him a fond farewell 

six months have passed and we're doing pretty well 

six months gone and we're doing rather well 

they talk of how to counter insurgence 

with a strategy that's clear 

but do they spend five minutes on our city's streets 

broken glass and cans of beer 

there's no human rights around midnight 

when our people hide in fear 

if you can do one thing then get me out of here 

if you can't do nothing then get me out of here 

CHORUS 

hey people etc 

we believed in copenhagen 

kyoto cape town and cancun 

on a mission against emission 

they were too weak to see it through 

so do we turn and head for the uplands 

and mourn for the coral reef 

it's hard to accept that all this should come to grief 

and hard to deny that they have betrayed our belief 

CHORUS 

hey man etc 

there's a pub up on the corner 

where we used to raise a jar 

they had jazz on Sunday mornings 

with snacks up on the bar 

but now the landlord he looks like a dangerous dog 

with an earing through his nose 

he's got the cranial tatoo but there's something about his clothes 

he's got a problem with his clothes 

CHORUS 

BRIDGE 

step change sea change 

loose change spare change 

any change at all 

are we going to get ready 

or do we take the fall 

she stands at a first floor window 

a baby in her arms 

(she knows that) one more day on that desperate estate 

will only bring her serious harm 

she's been vandalised she's been brutalised 

she's been driven to her knees 

but with one small step perhaps they can be free 

just one small step and then they can be free 

CHORUS 

hey sister etc (then CHORUS repeat ad lib out)