‘River Still To Cross (Demo)’ [4:27] (Dave Sharp), The Alarm
Lead Vocals:Dave Sharp
Lyrics
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It's not the thousand years of wanton waste Nor the desert sun that's burning Or a fire like no other That's gonna stop this world a-turning Not the ministers with wisdom Or the Unions with their might Oh they'll still be fighting Over who was wrong or right Nor the innocents amongst us Would be robbed of life and blood By the one who saw the tide Come turning back upon the flood There is a river still to cross And the only thing to say is It don't have to be that way There is a river still to cross And the bridges of tomorrow Are the troubles of today That are washed away It's not the captains nor the teachers Nor the prophets who command That everbody's party to this sick and savage land Where ignorance comes easy and the hardest thing to find Is a man born of a woman who is every bit as kind And when the first thing every newborn child does is to cry May it all be damned my friend, but you surely can't deny There is a river still to cross And the only thing to say is It don't have to be that way There is a river still to cross And the bridges of tomorrow Are the troubles of today So listen up you honest men And let you speak your mind If you cannot then neither can The next men down the line And you politicians of the day Who swear that it's all right Brace yourselves to face the fire Of a land you can't deny Well there'll be quaking and burning and undying yearning Consuming, accusing and crippling unneeded and weeping and bleeding There is a river still to cross And the only thing to say is It don't have to be that way There is a river still to cross And the bridges of tomorrow Are the troubles of today There is a river still to cross And the bridges of tomorrow Are the troubles of today That are washed away
Notes
:Demo taped by Dave Sharp during a late night session at Marcus Studios, London during the Strength album sessions between June & July 1985.
Despite the insistance of the rest of the band, Dave Sharp preferred not to re-record the song for the Strength album, but to save it for later use. It was eventually re-worked and added to by Peters and MacDonald during the Change album sessions of 1988-1989 (retitled Rivers To Cross).
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