Days

It was in the days of discontent

Of anarchy and rage

When Babylon was burning

That the music came of age

The bands were fast and furious

Commitment was the word

The future still unwritten

In the days that changed the world

It started out by word of mouth

That great unholy din

From auntie's midnight rambler

And the NME within

An empire seemed to tremble

As the revolution stirred

The pistols they were loaded

In the days that changed the world

Days that changed the world

The days that changed the world

The pistols they were loaded in

The days that changed the world

When Ziggy got his big idea

And Slowhand showed his cards

We rallied to the carnival

And partied in the parks

Fat Martin and his bullyboys

From marching were deterred

When black and white united in

The days that changed the world

But later on the telethon

The stars came out to play

The global conscience came alive

To feed the world that day

And after famous, rich and laid

The saint became a sir

He earned his reputation in

A day that changed the world

The days that changed the world

A day that changed the world

He earned his reputation in

A day that changed the world

The songs have been forgotten

And the Verses have been burned

While dirty Mags and Rupert's rags

Have left no stone unturned

With talking vermin crawling out

In colours new unfurled

Like you and I they all survived

The days that changed the world

Now Johnny's wearing Mambo suits

With thinning orange hair

And Joseph in his combat coat's

A denim millionaire

And me, so glad to be a dad

And living with a girl

I hardly ever think about

The days that changed the world

Days that changed the world

The days that changed the world

I hardly ever think about

The days that changed the world

But sometimes in the dead of night

I dream of other men

Of Rolan Adams, Rodney King

And Jean Marie Le Pen

The many friends who passed away

Whose voice was never heard

Humanity's still waiting for

The days that change the world

Days that change the world

The days that change the world

Humanity's still aching for

The days that change the world