It was in the days of discontent
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Of anarchy and rage
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When Babylon was burning
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That the music came of age
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The bands were fast and furious
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Commitment was the word
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The future still unwritten
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In the days that changed the world
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It started out by word of mouth
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That great unholy din
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From auntie’s midnight rambler
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And the NME within
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An empire seemed to tremble
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As the revolution stirred
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The pistols they were loaded
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In the days that changed the world
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Days that changed the world…
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The days that changed the world…
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The pistols they were loaded in
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The days that changed the world
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When Ziggy got his big idea
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And Slowhand showed his cards
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We rallied to the carnival
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And partied in the parks
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Fat Martin and his bullyboys
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From marching were deterred
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When black and white united in
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The days that changed the world
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But later on the telethon
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The stars came out to play
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The global conscience came alive
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To feed the world that day
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And after famous, rich and laid
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The saint became a sir
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He earned his reputation in
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A day that changed the world |
The days that changed the world…
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A day that changed the world…
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He earned his reputation in
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A day that changed the world
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The songs have been forgotten
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And the Verses have been burned
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While dirty Mags and Rupert’s rags
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Have left no stone unturned
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With talking vermin crawling out
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In colours new unfurled
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Like you and I they all survived
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The days that changed the world
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Now Johnny’s wearing Mambo suits
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With thinning orange hair
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And Joseph in his combat coat’s
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A denim millionaire
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And me — so glad to be a dad
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And living with a girl —
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I hardly ever think about
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The days that changed the world
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Days that changed the world…
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The days that changed the world…
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I hardly ever think about
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The days that changed the world
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But sometimes in the dead of night
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I dream of other men
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Of Rolan Adams, Rodney King
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And Jean Marie Le Pen
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The many friends who passed away
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Whose voice was never heard…
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Humanity’s still waiting for
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The days that change the world
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Days that change the world…
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The days that change the world…
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Humanity’s still aching for |
The days that change the world |