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In Europe and America, there's a growing feeling of hysteria

Conditioned to respond to all the threats

In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets

Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you

I don't subscribe to this point of view

It would be such an ignorant thing to do

If the Russians love their children too

 

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy

There is no monopoly in common sense

On either side of the political fence

We share the same biology

Regardless of ideology

Believe me when I say to you

I hope the Russians love their children too

 

There is no historical precedent

To put the words in the mouth of the President

There's no such thing as a winnable war

It's a lie that we don't believe anymore

Mr. Reagan says we will protect you

I don't subscribe to this point of view

Believe me when I say to you

I hope the Russians love their children too

 

We share the same biology

Regardless of ideology

What might save us, me, and you

Is if the Russians love their children too

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I can't believe the news today

I can't close my eyes and make it go away

How long, how long must we sing this song ?

How long ? Tonight we can be as one

Broken bottles under children's feet

Bodies strewn across a dead end street

But I won't heed the battle call

It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall

 

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday

 

And the battle's just begun

There's many lost, but tell me who has won?

The trenches dug between our hearts

And mother's children, brothers, sisters torn apart

 

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday

 

How long, how long must we sing this song ?

How long ? Tonight we can be as one

Tonight, tonight

 

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday

 

Wipe the tears from your eyes

Wipe your tears away

Wipe your bloodshot eyes

 

Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday

 

And it's true we are immune

When fact is fiction and T.V. is reality

And today the millions cry

We eat and drink while tomorrow they die

The real battle just begun

To claim the victory Jesus won

On a Sunday, bloody Sunday

Sunday, bloody Sunday

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There's a new game

We like to play you see

A game with added reality

You treat me like a dog

Get me down on my knees

 

We call it master and servant

We call it master and servant

 

It's a lot like life

This play between the sheets

With you on top and me underneath

Forget all about equality

 

Let's play master and servant

Let's play master and servant

 

It's a lot like life

And that's what's appealing

If you despise that throwaway feeling

From disposable fun

Then this is the one

 

Domination's the name of the game

In bed or in life

They're both just the same

Except in one you're fulfilled

At the end of the day

 

Let's play master and servant

Let's play master and servant

 

Let's play master and servant

Come on, master and servant

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There are children standing here,

Arms outstretched into the sky,

Tears drying on their face.

He has been here.

Brothers lie in shallow graves.

Fathers lost without a trace.

A nation blind to their disgrace,

Since he's been here.

 

And I see no bravery,

No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(x2)

Only sadness

 

Houses burnt beyond repair.

The smell of death is in the air.

A woman weeping in despair says,

He has been here.

Tracer lighting up the sky.

It's another families' turn to die.

A child afraid to even cry out says,

He has been here.

 

And I see no bravery,

No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(x2)

 

There are children standing here,

Arms outstretched into the sky,

But no one asks the question why,

He has been here.

Old men kneel to accept their fate.

Wives and daughters cut and raped.

A generation drenched in hate.

Says, he has been here.

 

And I see no bravery,

No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

 

And I see no bravery,

No bravery in your eyes anymore.

 

And I see no bravery,

No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(x2)

Only sadness

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New blood joins this earth

And quickly he's subdued

Through constant pained disgrace

The young boy learns their rules

 

With time the child draws in

This whipping boy done wrong

Deprived of all his thoughts

The young man struggles on and on he's known

A vow unto his own

That never from this day

His will they'll take away-eay

 

Chorus:

 

What I've felt

What I've known

Never shined through in what I've shown

Never be

Never see

Won't see what might have been

What I've felt

What I've known

Never shined through in what I've shown

Never free

Never me

So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

 

They dedicate their lives

To RUNNING all of his

He tries to please THEM all

This bitter man he is

Throughout his life the same

He's battled constantly

This fight he cannot win

A tired man they see no longer cares

The old man then prepares

To die regretfully

That old man here is me

 

What I've felt

What I've known

Never shined through in what I've shown

Never be

Never see

Won't see what might have been

What I've felt

What I've known

Never shined through in what I've shown

Never free

Never me

So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

 

(instrumental)

 

What I've felt

What I've known

Never shined through in what I've shown

Never be

Never see

Won't see what might have been

What I've felt

What I've known

Never shined through in what I've shown

Never free

Never me

So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

 

whoa, whoa

 

Never Free

Never Me

So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

You labeled me

I'll label you

So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

Never Free

Never Me

So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

You labeled me

I'll label you

So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

Never Free

Never Me

So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

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ou, Yes You, Stand Still Laddie!

 

When we grew up and went to school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the children anyway they could

by pouring their derision upon anything we did

exposing any weakness however carefully hidden by the kids.

 

Out in the middle of nowhere they were home at night

their fat and psychopathic wives

Would thrash them within inches of their lives!

 

ooooooooooooo, oooooooo, ooooooooooo, ooooooooo, ooooooooo, ooooooooo,oooo.

 

We don't need no education

We don’t need no thought control

No dark sarcasm in the classroom

Teachers leave them kids alone

Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!

All in all it's just another brick in the wall.

All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

 

(A bunch of kids singing) We don't need no education

We don’t need no thought control

No dark sarcasm in the classroom

Teachers leave them kids alone

Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone!

All in all it's just another brick in the wall.

All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

 

Spoken:

"Wrong, Guess again!

Wrong, Guess again!

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?

You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddie!"

 

[sound of many TV's coming on, all on different channels]

"The Bulls are already out there"

Pink: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!"

"This Roman Meal bakery thought you'd like to know."

 

I don't need no arms around me

And I dont need no drugs to calm me.

I have seen the writing on the wall.

Don't think I need anything at all.

No! Don't think I'll need anything at all.

All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.

All in all you were all just bricks in the wall.

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Biko

 

September '77

Port Elizabeth weather fine

It was business as usual

In police room 619

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja

-The man is dead

 

When I try to sleep at night

I can only dream in red

The outside world is black and white

With only one colour dead

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja

-The man is dead

 

You can blow out a candle

But you can't blow out a fire

Once the flames begin to catch

The wind will blow it higher

Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko

Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja

-The man is dead

 

And the eyes of the world are

watching now

watching now

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Merci m'louka pour cette excellente chanson de Peter Gabriel.

J'ai envie de donner un complément d'information glané sur le net afin de la remettre dans son contexte.

 

Steve Biko est né le 18 décembre 1946 a King Williams Town (Afrique du Sud).

Étudiant en médecine (en section résérvée aux noirs), il créé son propre mouvement ASO (South African Students’ Organization), un mouvement étudiant composé uniquement de noirs, qui assiste les communautés noires défavorisées. Le mouvement qu’il mène prend de l’ampleur dans les années 70.

Suite à plusieurs manifestations qu'il dirige, le gouvernement prend des mesures en se défaveurs (entre autre interdiction de parler en public) et il subit plusieurs arrestations.

Un jour de Septembre 1977, il est arrêté et détenu par la police dans des conditions atroces. Six jours plus tard, il décède des suites d'un traumatisme crânien et de blessures au foie.

 

Les déclarations du ministre de la justice sud africain, James Kruger, qui affirma que "la mort de Steve Biko ne lui faisait ni chaud ni froid", déclenchèrent un tollé général dans le monde, ce qui conduisit finalement les Nation Unies à prendre des sanctions contre l’Afrique du Sud.

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Merci m'louka pour cette excellente chanson de Peter Gabriel.

J'ai envie de donner un complément d'information glané sur le net afin de la remettre dans son contexte.

 

Steve Biko est né le 18 décembre 1946 a King Williams Town (Afrique du Sud).

Étudiant en médecine (en section résérvée aux noirs), il créé son propre mouvement ASO (South African Students’ Organization), un mouvement étudiant composé uniquement de noirs, qui assiste les communautés noires défavorisées. Le mouvement qu’il mène prend de l’ampleur dans les années 70.

Suite à plusieurs manifestations qu'il dirige, le gouvernement prend des mesures en se défaveurs (entre autre interdiction de parler en public) et il subit plusieurs arrestations.

Un jour de Septembre 1977, il est arrêté et détenu par la police dans des conditions atroces. Six jours plus tard, il décède des suites d'un traumatisme crânien et de blessures au foie.

 

Les déclarations du ministre de la justice sud africain, James Kruger, qui affirma que "la mort de Steve Biko ne lui faisait ni chaud ni froid", déclenchèrent un tollé général dans le monde, ce qui conduisit finalement les Nation Unies à prendre des sanctions contre l’Afrique du Sud.

 

De rien Sally, c'est moi qui te remercie pour ce complément d'information :)

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Bill Carter

 

Miss Sarajevo

 

Is there a time for keeping your distance

A time to turn your eyes away

Is there a time for keeping your head down

For getting on with your day

Is there a time for kohl and lipstick

A time for cutting hair

Is there a time for high street shopping

To find the right dress to wear

Here she comes

Heads turn around

Here she comes

To take her crown

Is there a time to run for cover

A time for kiss and tell

Is there a time for different colours

Different names you find it hard to spell

Is there a time for first communion

A time for East 17

Is there a time to turn to Mecca

Is there time to be a beauty queen

Here she comes

Beauty plays the clown

Here she comes

Surreal in her crown

 

Dici che il fiume

Trova la via al mare

E come il fiume

Giungerai a me

Oltre i confini

E le terre assetate

Dici che come fiume

Come fiume...

L'amore giunger

L'amore...

E non so più pregare

E nell'amore non so più sperare

E quell'amore non so più aspettare

 

Is there a time for tying ribbons

A time for Christmas trees

Is there a time for laying tables

And the night is set to freeze

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Traduction "Miss Sarajevo"

 

Y-a-t-il un temps pour que tu prennes tes distances

Un temps pour que tu détournes ton regard

Y-a-t-il un temps pour que tu gardes ta tête baissée

Pour continuer ta journée

Y-a-t-il un temps pour le Kohl et le rouge à lèvres

Un temps pour se faire couper les cheveux

Y-a-t-il un temps pour faire du shopping dans les grandes artères

Pour trouver la robe parfaite à porter

La voila

Les têtes tournent

La voila

Pour prendre sa couronne

Y-a-t-il un temps pour courir se mettre à l’abri

Un temps pour embrasser et parler

Y-a-t-il un temps pour des couleurs différentes

Des noms différents que tu trouves difficile à épeler

Y-a-t-il un temps pour la première communion

Un temps pour East 17

Y-a-t-il un temps pour se tourner vers La Mecque

Y-a-t-il un temps pour être une reine de beauté

La voila

la beauté fait le clown

La voila

Surréelle avec sa couronne

 

Dis lui que le fleuve trouve l’embouchure vers la mer

Dis lui que le fleuve trouve l’embouchure vers la mer

Et comme le fleuve tu viendras vers moi

Outre les frontières

Et les terrains assoiffés

Dis lui que comme le fleuve

L’amour arrive

L’amour ........

Et je ne sais plus prier

Et en amour je ne sais plus espérer

Et en cet amour je ne sais plus attendre

 

Y-a-t-il un temps pour faire des cadeaux

Un temps pour les arbres de Noël

Y-a-t-il un temps pour mettre la table

La nuit va être glaciale

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