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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 01:15 AM
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With what we stand to gain today, I can't get this song out of my head:
"On The Turning Away"

On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we won't understand
"Don't accept that what's happening
Is just a case of others' suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining in
The turning away"

It's a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting it's shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all alone
In the dream of the proud

On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange
And mesmerised as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night

No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare

Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?

If you don't know this beautiful song, you can watch a live version of it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v240bYbbrM
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 01:27 AM
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1. Yes. Very good.
I respectfully submit:


We have the chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we wanna write
We gotta make ends meet before we get much older
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

Chorus:
You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
This time, you know that we all can stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing, we can make it better
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You're The Voice-John Farnham

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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 01:38 AM
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2. I have it on a concert video
"A Delicate Sound of Thunder."



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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 01:59 AM
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3. That's what the YouTube clip is.
Excellent, excellent version of the song, and never fails to make me feel like a hand has just clasped directly around my heart...and squeezed...
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