Lyrics: Singer-songwriter and political activist Annie Lennox. Vocals: American singer and actress, nicknamed “the Voice”, the late, great Ms Whitney Houston.
Step By Step.
Well, there’s a bridge and there’s a river, that I still must cross. As I’m going on my journey, oh, I might be lost, And there’s a road I have to follow, a place I have to go. Well, no one told me just how to get there, But when I get there I’ll know. ‘Cause I’m taking it, step by step, Bit by bit, stone by stone, (yeah), brick by brick, (oh yeah), Step by step, day by day, mile by mile, (ooh, ooh, ooh), And this old road is rough and ruined, so many dangers along the way. So many burdens might fall upon me, so many troubles that I have to face. Oh, but I won’t let my spirit fail me, oh, I won’t let my spirit go, Until I get to my destination, I’m gonna take it slow. Because I’m making it mine, step by step, (you know I’m taking it), Bit by bit (bit by bit, come move), stone by stone, (yeah), Brick by brick, (brick by brick by brick by brick, mmm), Step by step, (step by step, I’m gonna), day by day, (day by day), Mile by mile (ooh), go your way, go your way, say it, baby, don’t give up, You’ve got to hold on to what you got, oh, baby, don’t give up, You’ve got to keep on moving on, don’t stop, (yeah, yeah), I know you’re hurting, (I know you’re hurting), And I know you’re blue, (I know you’re blue), I know you’re hurting, (I know you’re hurting), But don’t let the bad things get to you. I’m taking it step by step, (oh, oh, oh, oh), Bit by bit, (bit by bit, come move), stone by stone, (stone by stone, yeah), Brick by brick, (brick by brick by brick by brick), Step by step, (I’m gonna take it now), day by day, (day by day), Mile by mile, (ooh), go your own way, go your own way, Bit by bit, (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), Stone by stone, (yeah, stone by stone), brick by brick, (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), Come on, baby, (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), Step by step keep on moving, day by day, (day by day-ee), (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), (Come on, baby, got to keep moving), Mile by mile by mile by mile, go your own way. END
Poem by British poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes Ms Pam Ayres, MBE.
Picture: G. Willoughby.
Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth.
Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth, And spotted the perils beneath, All the toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food, Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth.
I wish I’d been that much more willin’, When I had more tooth there than fillin’, To pass up gobstoppers, From respect to me choppers, And to buy something else with me shillin’.
When I think of the lollies I licked, And the liquorice allsorts I picked, Sherbet dabs, big and little, All that hard peanut brittle, My conscience gets horribly pricked.
My Mother, she told me no end, “If you got a tooth, you got a friend” I was young then, and careless, My toothbrush was hairless, I never had much time to spend.
Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right, I flashed it about late at night, But up-and-down brushin’, And pokin’ and fussin’, Didn’t seem worth the time… I could bite!
If I’d known I was paving the way, To cavities, caps and decay, The murder of fillin’s, Injections and drillin’s, I’d have thrown all me sherbet away.
So I lay in the old dentist’s chair, And I gaze up his nose in despair, And his drill it do whine, In these molars of mine, “Two amalgum,” he’ll say, “for in there.”
How I laughed at my Mother’s false teeth, As they foamed in the waters beneath, But now comes the reckonin’ It’s me they are beckonin’ Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth. END
Vocals: Award winning English singer, songwriter, producer, composer, Eurovision 2022 contestant and social media personality Sam Ryder. Lyrics: Jamie Hartman; Sam Ryder, and Tom Howe.
Fought & Lost.
Congratulations on your jubilation. Our hearts are breaking underneath all the applause. This devastation is of our own making, But we’ve never tasted this much bitterness before, And everybody falls, But some of us are born to fight, and fight, and fight some more, So, we will see you here, Same time, same place, next year, And you may win this battle but you’ll never win the war. Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all. Go take a bow, Your audience is waiting. We’ll take the shadows since the limelight isn’t ours. We wanted it so bad. Gave it all we had, Oh, but wanting it doesn’t always make it yours. This time was ours to lose, But fortune favours those who ride the storm and make it through. So, we will see you here, Same time, same place, next year, And you can take this battle ’cause we’re gonna win the war. Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all. So, here on the same ground, When the tables have turned around. Oh, and your tears fall as your world is crashing down. I hope when you see me, You remember that feeling, Oh, ’cause we’ve both seen the world from both sides now, And everybody falls, And life will tear you down to show you what’s worth fighting for. Oh, we will see you here, Same time, same place, next year, And you may win this battle, but you’ll never win the war. Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all. Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all. END
Lyrics: Alex Raymond Salibian – Harry Edward Styles – Jeffrey Nath Bhasker – Mitchell Kristopher Rowland – Ryan Thomas Nasci – Tyler Sam Johnson.
Vocals: English singer, songwriter, actor and original members of the boy band ‘One Direction‘, Harry Edward Styles.
Sign of the Times
Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times. Welcome to the final show. Hope you’re wearing your best clothes. You can’t bribe the door on your way to the sky. You look pretty good down here, but you ain’t really good. If we never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times. We gotta get away from here. We gotta get away from here. Just stop your crying it’ll be alright. They told me that the end is near. We gotta get away from here. Just stop your crying, have the time of your life, Breaking through the atmosphere, And things are pretty good from here. Remember everything will be alright. We can meet again somewhere. Somewhere far away from here. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times. We gotta get away from here. We gotta get away from here. Stop your crying baby, it’ll be alright. They told me that the end is near. We gotta get away from here. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from. The bullets? The bullets. We don’t talk enough, we should open up, Before it’s all too much. Will we ever learn? We’ve been here before, it’s just what we know. Stop your crying, baby, It’s a sign of the times. We gotta get away, We got to get away, We got to get away, We got to get away, We got to get away, We got to, we got to, away, We got to, we got to, away, We got to, we got to, away. END
The phrase ‘Now is the winter of our discontent’; taken from William Shakespeare’s play Richard III, is widely used to label social and political unrest, as is witnessed at this sad time, particularly in Israel, Gaza, Ukraine and Russia. The word ‘winter’ stands as a powerful metaphor for a bleak and discouraging interval currently being experienced; while the word ‘discontent’ suggests a sudden restlessness, which for many, was not bargained for, yet now is an emerging threat to the aspirations of those who long for world peace on this planet.
The song, with lyrics shown hereunder, clearly forms the opinion, “We’re fools to make war”, while hoping for future peace.
Lyrics: By British guitarist and singer-songwriter Mark Knopfler.
Vocals: Former British rock band formed in London in 1977, by the same Mark Knopfler, and more popularly known as ‘Dire Straits’.
Brothers In Arms.
These mist covered mountains, Are a home now for me. But my home is the lowlands, And always will be. Someday you’ll return, To your valleys and your farms, And you’ll no longer burn to be, Brothers in arms. Through these fields of destruction, Baptisms of fire, I’ve witnessed your suffering, As the battle raged high. And though they did hurt me so bad, In the fear and alarm, You did not desert me, My brothers in arms. There’s so many different worlds, So many different suns, And we have just one world, But we live in different ones. Now the sun’s gone to hell, And the moon’s riding high, Let me bid you farewell, Every man has to die. But it’s written in the starlight, And every line in your palm, We’re fools to make war, On our brothers in arms.
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