
Date of issue: 15.09.1997
Record label: AppleSeed
Song language: English
Song Of Choice |
Early every year the seeds are growing |
Unseen, unheard they lie beneath the ground |
Would you know before their leaves are showing |
That with weeds all your garden will abound? |
If you close your eyes, stop your ears |
Shut your mouth then how can you know? |
For seeds you cannot hear may not be there |
Seeds you cannot see may never grow |
In January you’ve still got the choice |
You can cut the weeds before they start to bud |
If you leave them to grow high they’ll silence your voice |
And in December you may pay with your blood |
So close your eyes, stop your ears |
Shut your mouth and take it slow |
Let others take the lead and you bring up the rear |
And later you can say you didn’t know |
Every day another vulture takes flight |
There’s another danger born every morning |
In the darkness of your blindness the beast will learn to bite |
How can you fight if you can’t recognise a warning? |
Today you may earn a living wage |
Tomorrow you may be on the dole |
Though there’s millions going hungry you needn’t disengage |
For it’s them, not you, that’s fallen in the hole |
It’s alright for you if you run with the pack |
It’s alright if you agree with all they do |
If fascism is slowly climbing back |
It’s not here yet so what’s it got to do with you? |
The weeds are all around us and they’re growing |
It’ll soon be too late for the knife |
If you leave them on the wind that around the world is blowing |
You may pay for your silence with your life |
So close your eyes, stop your ears |
Shut your mouth and never dare |
And if it happens here they’ll never come for you |
Because they’ll know you really didn’t care |
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Outlaws And Dreamers | 2002 |
Games People Play | 1997 |
Your Daughters and Your Sons | 2019 |
Prisoner | 1997 |
A Different Kind Of Love Song | 1997 |
The Hunter Dunne | 2005 |
Stand Up For Judas | 1997 |
As I Walked Down The Road | 1997 |
Wandering Soul ft. Eddi Reader, Dick Gaughan | 2013 |
Sail On | 1997 |
No Gods & Precious Few Heroes | 1997 |
The Wind That Shakes The Barley | 2002 |
Both Side The Tweed | 2002 |
Tom Paine's Bones | 2001 |
Thomas Muir Of Huntershill | 1998 |