ROCK’N’ROLL
ANTHEM
Somebody
told me it had all been done
Rock’n’roll
had nowhere to go
I don’t
believe them anymore than I believe you
When you
tell me I’m a liar
You see I
remember when rock was young
Full of life
and with places to go
Change the
world we cried and off we marched
You tell me
it all went wrong – oh so sadly
The music
lived on but the spirit died
Lead guitar
faded but the keyboard soared
Long peaceful
hair became short and angry
Tell me I
don’t know what I’m saying at all
Now we’re
living in the 1980s
Every new
direction somebody has followed
Every new
tune sounds like another of old
Feed the
world somebody cried
Millions of
people are going to die
Now rock’n’roll’s
got somewhere to go
I know I’m
not lying – the starving are living again
(1987)
Commentary
Trying to say something about rock music needing to reclaim a higher purpose and that perhaps the Live Aid concerts fulfilled this goal. No memory of writing this or singing it. Seems to have been triggered by something specific but don't know what they may have been either. However, in the interests of full disclosure .....
