| | I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD Lyrics Artist(Band):Ten Years After
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity Tax the rich, feed the poor Till there are no rich no more I'd love to change the world But I don't know what to do So I'll leave it up to you Population keeps on breeding Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy Life is funny, skies are sunny Bees make honey, who needs money, No more for me I'd love to change the world But I don't know what to do So I'll leave it up to you o yah World pollution, there's no solution Institution, electrocution Just black and white, rich or poor Senators stop the war I'd love to change the world But I don't know what to do So I'll leave it up to you If you find some error in I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to m.g.1greend@live.com.mx for submitting the lyrics. Review about I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD Forwarded link to Alvin Lee! | Reviewer: argonne | 10/26/09 Sadly, as americans, we tend to see things as .. well - americans )save the nationalistic flames - showing no originality, and less intellect) Lee was from Nottinghamshire, and as many English musicians of his time (as well as Liberals everywhere) couldn't fathom America's presence in S.E.Asia. The paradox of a country which (at that time was admired by many)being so seemingly 'good' and being involved in a war, so clearly wrong - led to suspicion of the institutions that would profit from such an ordeal. For a brief while, though, before being 'amalgamated' with similar corporations - the music industry thrived on a transcendant youth movement. Ten Years After and the most of the rest of the bands that made it to Woodstock responded to and enhanced that movement. To suggest that it in anyway responds to anythng facist is absurd (Note: By definition 'right wing' is as linked to facism as 'left-wing is to liberalism. Checking the meanings of each, I remain, quite comfortably - a liberal. (oxymoron,(no reall, it is an oxymoron): conservative intellectual!)). Anyway, the entire album - A Space in Time is well worth listening to, and check out Alvin's home page - he's still a phenomenal musician. alvinlee.com/biography.html amphibian | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/14/09 i first heard this song through a cover,well bits of it, and thought the lyric went "i love you changed the world" and the melody turned it from trivial to absolutely beautiful, like "i can see colours from the music" beautiful...then i looked up the lyrics, and wow, how ugly n disillusioned(excuse the spelling)it actually is.. Bah! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/7/09 I'm tired of all the people who survived the 60's who now say that being rich and powerful is okay. It's not okay Your wealth was earned by the exploitation of other humans, various resources or both. This includes me. I guess it's true, "You either die a young hero or live long enough to see yourself become the enemy." phil | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/5/09 I first heard this song in the early 70s . It was powerful for me then and still resonates as one of my all time favourite songs despite the depression that washes over me when I hear it ,thanks for posting the lyrics . LOVE THIS SONG! | Reviewer: Braveslover | 11/14/08 I grew up to songs like this, and the other day, on the radio, they played this one. I instantly googled it, found it on Amazon.com and bought it. Couldn't wait to get it, finally got it, and have no listened to anything else in 2 days! Not sure what draws me to this song, but I LOVE IT!. Not so fast | Reviewer: Skip Cressman | 8/19/08 I love this song. But I am rich. But I was a hippie, now at 53 I think the lyrics are more cynical. Tax the Rich Feed the Poor Till there is no rich no more. Exactly, the rich pay most of the taxes, employee most of the world Get rid of the rich and you cut off your nose to spite your face. Pete Townsend wrote- I hope I die before I get old Today he says it was a stupid lyric. With age comes wisdom. Still this is a fantastic song and I like the call for peace and social justice. To me however, that is not a liberal's only hope. Politics | Reviewer: Diesel Calhoun | 2/10/08 This is neither an liberal statement nor a conservative statement. It is a statement of bewilderment over all the voices calling for absolutes. Think of it as an art piece or a poem. The operative emotion is plainly stated in the chorus. " I'd like to change the world, but I don't know what to do,so I'll leave it up to you." If the author was politically active or advocating a position, then he would know just what to do and not leave it up to you. Many have expressed the though that actors should stick to acting and stay out of politics. People do best, what they are best at. I think the writer acknowledges this fact in a slightly frustrated resignation. Songs more frequently work by pegging hard to express emotions, rather than expressing rational thought. Song writers are more sensitive by nature to the world of feeling than the world of economics. Till there are no rich no more | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/15/08 "The line about "till there are no rich no more" is not implying that this is a bad thing - it's a radical statement saying they wanted to see an end all the hoarding of wealth and greed by the upper class." So they gave their profits to charity. Maybe they did their concerts for expenses only. Give me a break. great song but have a question about the lyrics.. | Reviewer: Matt | 1/9/08 At the end of the second verse I've seen on other sites as "Monopoly" instead of "no none for me". Which one is correct? IMO this song should be more popular than it is... I had never heard of this group until a local radio station played it... hooked instantly. 60s Classic! | Reviewer: Beth Isbell | 12/11/07 First, the lyrics posted here are slightly wrong -- in 2nd stanza of verse three original hit version (also on essential 10 years after) says: " Just black OR white, rich OR poor, them OR us, stop the war." What the band is saying is stop the hate, stop the classification and categorization - it's us OR them mentality. Second, it's sort of funny to read all these comments on this and other sites about how this is supposedly a "very Republican song" etc., ... this song could not be more liberal. The band was very pro - peace and writing to the peaceniks and love children of the 60s revolution. The line about "till there are no rich no more" is not implying that this is a bad thing - it's a radical statement saying they wanted to see an end all the hoarding of wealth and greed by the upper class. The 2nd verse "no none for me" and 3rd verse "rich OR poor" simply confirms this was actually their point of view. It's a very Lennon-esque message if you think about it. Peace. Review By Pages: 1 2 Review the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Ten Years After" Music | |
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