Sing Out, Shout Out [Song]

Uploaded by PepeCris15
SING OUT, SHOUT OUT
Performed by Kobo Town
Lead singer/songwriter Drew Gonsalves

40 years ago today
Independence came our way
Welcomed by our struggling songs
It came but would not stay, ey
And we, wanting to believe,
Let ourselves be deceived
By the well-groomed speech of ambitious men
Who time proved to be thieves
But the years went by and nothing changed
New flag, new name, same old game
Where the lucky laugh and the poor endure
Having lost the will to fight again.

Chorus:
Well I remember when we were young
And hope was strong
And we had waited long
To hear the midnight bell
That would dispel
The age that kept us down
I recall when we would bleed
‘cause we believed
Freedom was in reach
Of those who seized the day
But freedom came and faded like a dream.

Sing out, shout out, saw the new day dawning
But it faded like a dream in the morning
Sing out, shout out, saw the new day dawning
But it faded like a dream
Sing out, shout out, saw the new day dawning
But it faded like a dream in the morning
Sing out, shout out, I saw the new day dawning
But it faded like a dream.

Children of a passing age
Remnants of a dying rage
Whose anthems swept across this land
Proclaiming a new day, ey
And we waited patiently
For the elusive decree
That would rub away the scars we bore
And set our voices free
But the years wore on and nothing came
Tyrants just bore different names
While the official line promised brighter times
We knew all things remained the same.

Chorus:
I remember when we were young
And hope was strong
And we had waited long
To hear the midnight bell
That would dispel
The age that kept us down
I recall when we would bleed
‘cause we believed
Freedom was in reach
Of those who seized the day
But freedom came and faded like a dream.

Sing out, shout out, saw the new day dawning
But it faded like a dream in the morning
Sing out, shout out, saw the new day dawning
But it faded like a dream
Sing out, shout out, saw the new day dawning
But it faded like a dream in the morning
Sing out, shout out, I saw the new day dawning
But it faded like a dream.

Independence, what an elusive dream
Things are never ever what they seem
Marching hand in hand awaiting the command
Of the liberator, now the henchman
People’s vanguard, propaganda ministry
Freedom fighters filling the ranks of the secret police
While the tale of the times told in obituary lines
We offer our resistance with these humble rhymes.

Sing out, shout out, the dream never dies
A people united, nobody can brutalize
Sing out, shout out, the dream never dies
A mind on fire, no army can occupy
Sing out, shout out, the dream never dies, forward ever!
Sing out , shout out, the dream never dies, backward never!

© Copyright – Kobo Town.
Posted with the kind permission of Kobo Town.

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!

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"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare