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Thread #76110   Message #1345580
Posted By: Cluin
02-Dec-04 - 02:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lest We Forget: History to Remember
Subject: RE: BS: Lest We Forget: History to Remember
Haven't found these lyrics anywhere on Mudcat (or anywhere on the Web at all, in fact) so I might as well post `em here.
One of my favourites, I like Keelo's songwriting a LOT. Big ideas and big words.


Turn of the Wheel
(1994 James Keelaghan)

I don't know but I've been told
This world was shaped from unformed matter
Back when Chaos reigned supreme
You and I were widely scattered
Something coalesced from the universe's void
Nothing was created; no, nothing was destroyed
All you see around you is just something else reformed
This steady state of matter is said to be the norm

But wait for a turn of the wheel
Wait for a turn of the wheel

Reform and revolution are almost the same
The heart aflame, the vital spark
The engine that propels the state
The voice that speaks out of the dark
Martin Luther wrote a paper; he nailed it to the door
Rosa Parks took her seat; she couldn't take it any more
Galileo set the sun at the centre of the stage
The things we never challenge are the things that never change

But wait for a turn of the wheel
Wait for a turn of the wheel

Now I know it seems crazy, it's a paradox
Change is constant; never ending
Sometimes effects outweigh the cause
The jury's out and the judgement's pending
Maybe things are different from what you though you saw
It isn't quite an axiom; it isn't quite a law
Fortunes often rise and often they fall
Somehow there will be a balance in it all

But wait for a turn of the wheel
Wait for a turn of the wheel