Labi Siffre - Listen To The Voices

Old man, your race is run
You think it's over, it's only begun
Child is born who has to face
The world, you're leaving
A dangerous place

Listen to the voices crying to be free
Can we be the promise we promised to be
Love and understanding are better than a war
People just laughing 'cos they've heard it before

Night chills in plenty town
Cardboard hotels, they sleep on the ground
Hard choices, how to respond?
Red or rosé with the duck à l'orange

Listen to the voices so easy to ignore
Choruses of old folks scared to open the door
Living in the shadows, dying in the cold
Inner city jungle ain't no place to grow old

Helpless we'll never be
Though justice is so hard to see
Kindness, yes, that same old song
But don't stop singing
There's so much strength in kindness

Listen to the voices crying to be free
Can we be the promise we promised to be
Love and understanding are better than a war
People just laughing 'cos they've heard it before