Union Songs
You Can't Stop The Sun
A song by Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis©2000 Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis
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You can do with your missiles whatever you please,
You can bring any nation you choose to its knees.
You can starve another million with a wave of your pen,
You can watch as the widows all bury their men,
You command centre stage and you're sure of your part,
But you can't stop the sun going down after dark.You can rule here on Earth, you can rule up in space,
With your goddam weapon systems you can rule any place.
You can use your position to favour the few,
For the poor and the hungry have nothing for you.
You can steal all our futures and tear them apart,
But you can't stop the sun going down after dark.You can tell the whole world what you want it to do,
You can make kings and emperors all bow down to you.
You can plunder our planet and take all the spoils,
You can poison our waters and lay waste our soil.
You can silence the song of the finch and the lark,
But you can't stop the sun going down after dark.You can say that what's happening now cannot be true,
'Cos it ain't good for business and it ain't good for you.
Our climates are changing, but you don't want to know,
For profit's the only thing you need to grow.
You've got it all figured, yes, you think you're so smart,
But you can't stop the sun going down after dark.
Notes
Many thanks to Peter Hicks and Geoff Francis for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.
"When our friends in America warned us about the unspeakable horrors that would follow a George W Bush election victory we thought they were exaggerating. We humbly apologise. Howard, Blair and co are bad enough but this ... especially as his brilliant strategy for dealing with global warming seems to be to simply go into denial."
Find more works by Peter and Geoff in this collection.
Visit the Peter Hicks and Radical Song Book website at http://home.austarnet.com.au/glazfolk/
union songs..........a selection by mark gregory