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Reclaim the Streets
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A serious message hidden behind a beautiful tune...
singer songwriter acoustic dick savage
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I'm a one-man acoustic show featuring furious guitar playing, passionate vocals and lyrics to make you think (well, sometimes). "Frenetic one-man acoustic gorgeosity" they call it.
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Alternative • Other Alternative
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#1,546 in subgenre Peak #44
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Peak #243
Author
Dick Savage
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Dick Savage 2009
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July 08, 2009
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MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:51
Story behind the song
Many years ago I played in a band at an entirely peaceful Reclaim the Streets protest, our stage being a bus shelter in central London; the press were fairly sympathetic that time. However, some months later reports were broadcast of a similar demonstration in a different part of the capital; reports of violence and criminality. I wasnt there, but many friends were and they all told the same story: a completely different story to the one broadcast. And I apologise for the use of the word arised... but arisen doesnt rhyme with eyes, does it?!
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Ive seen the pictures on the TV, the pictures on the news, And they contradict what all my friends have told me What I know is true. They dont give reasons for the protest, just the damage thats arised, And pictures on the TV cannot match what is seen with naked eyes. And its all so expensive to repair what they have done: Trees planted in the tarmac and graffiti just for fun. But wont somebody simply explain that Everybodys here for one reason: to reclaim. They show us the frustration of waiting to pass through And tell us that the needs of the many should outweigh those of these few. Everyones in such a hurry to complete what has to be, And deadlines in the diary rule the lives Of everybody that I see. And its all so expensive if the meetings are not met. And now the road is gridlocked, so Ill miss my deadline set. But wont somebody simply explain that Everybodys here for one reason: to reclaim.
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