Story Behind The Song
Song written for the Voices Around The World Project 2014-15. Last year neqrly 4000 voices of young people from 42 countries contributed to our release of the Howard Jones Song Unshakeable. This was a tremendous success. We are looking for 8000 voices this year!! The youngsters involved in the project are asked also this year to submit videos of their dance moves to go with the song and a short 20-30 second video directored at world leaders to get them to wake up to ands LISTEN TO the voices of young people in relatio to their thoughts on what is needed to make their world a better place for the future. The song lyrics also celebrate the life of Nelson Mandela and how he is a prime example of getting people to listen to each other!
| Song Length |
3:40 |
Genre |
Pop - Dance |
Lyrics
Listen to us
You've got to
Listen to us
You've got to
Listen to us
You've got to
Listen to us
You've got to........
Listen to us
We' are the Voices 'Round The World
Listen to us
To ev'ry boy and ev'ry girl
Listen to us
There is so much we have to say
Listen to us
We are the voices of today
Everyday the same old news
We're dancing to the same old tune
It's hunger, war and poverty
So many people so much greed
While Politicians wrong and right
They argue through the day and night
They think they've got the master plan
But do they really understand
The wheel of life is spinning fast
No time to look back on the past
No times to hear the cries of pain
Don't make the same mistakes again
So he walked that long and lonely road to freedom (Mandela)
He walked that road and held his head up high (Mandela)
And when they locked him in a prison cell
And threw away the key
He turned the other cheek to them and smiled (Mandela)
He showed the world the true force of compassion (Mandela)
He showed the world there is another way (Mandela)
He taught us how to listen to each other (Mandela)
To what our brothers and our sisters have to say ay ay
All the preachers and the teachers
All the leaders round the world
All the mothers and the fathers
Every boy every girl
All the lawyers and the businessmen
All the people that you meet
All the rich and the famous
All the people on the street
If you're lost and you're lonely
in the middle of a war
You're tired and you're hungry
You can't take any more
LISTEN TO US!