Inspired by a belief that the world would be a better place if people made an effort to be more aware of each other, Sturgeon wrote Time to Say Hello and recorded it under the direction of JUNO winner, producer Jack Richardson (Bob Seger, Eagles)
Singer Songwriter, real music
Singer/Songwriter
Lyrics
Performed by Dave Sturgeon
vs 1
On a side of town that’s more rundown, there’s a little wooden shack
With grass up to your knees our front, there’s a mangy dog out back
The old man who lives there, hardly ever goes outside
‘Cause when he does all the women grab their children and they hide
vs 2
But do they know that he’s got children of his own somewhere?
He don’t know where they live or how they are ‘cause they don’t care
If the story sounds familiar like you’ve heard it all before
When’s the last time you took a look out your own back door
Chorus
Don’t you think it’s time we all said hello
Don’t you think it’s time we all said I know
I know what it’s like to be alive in a world so deprived
Don’t you think it’s time we all said hello
Vs 3
Now there’s a man who owns a bank, he rides a big long limousine
He’s got money comin’ out his ears, he’s old, he’s cold, he’s mean
Every morning when he comes to work, all the tellers make a scene
They’d give a whole month’s pay just to see somebody rob the old man clean
Vs 4
But do they know that when the clock strikes five and they’re all headed home
To their wives, their kids, their loved ones, he’s headed home alone
So he pours himself a tall one, and he cries himself to sleep
Do they know what it’s like to be alone at the top of the heap?
(chorus)
vs5
There’s a hundred million people all alone in the world
From gray-haired bums and bankers, to homeless boys and girls
If you pass a lonely soul who ain’t been dealt too many aces
Nod your head and put a smile on one of those hundred million faces
(chorus)
