Listen To The People-Andy M. Stewart

[ti:Listen To The People] [ar:The Man In The Moon] [al:The Man In The Moon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Listen To The People - Andy M. Stewart [00:12.98]They say Victoria loved our Highlands [00:16.08]Well, that's because she owned them all [00:19.08] [00:19.67]A feather pen and an iron fist [00:22.52]Put a people's back against the wall [00:25.22] [00:25.80]The silent sheilings tell their tale [00:28.87]Of burning thatch and of ruined door [00:31.49] [00:32.04]Of families driven from their homes [00:35.08]And a way of life that is no more, no more [00:38.78] [00:40.87]They took it from the people [00:42.19] [00:46.87]They took it from the people [00:48.11] [00:50.93]Now kings and queens might be getting scarce [00:53.59]But watch that politician man [00:55.90] [00:56.91]He'll smash your union, freeze your wages [01:00.00]And fill his pockets while he can [01:02.45] [01:03.16]He'll close the mines and sell the railways [01:06.16]Ships and steel are gone the same [01:09.31]But if you've bought the lies he's selling [01:12.50]Then you'll know just who are the ones he'll blame [01:16.04] [01:18.02]He'll blame it on the people [01:23.49] [01:24.11]He'll blame it on the people [01:25.66] [01:27.76]Now we have opted out of social justice [01:30.08] [01:31.06]Privatized our conscience pains [01:33.15] [01:34.00]Society does not exist, nor Scotland either, [01:38.18] [01:38.94]That is plain [01:39.78] [01:40.33]They're going to sell us back our water [01:42.67] [01:43.57]That falls from Heaven to God's green earth [01:45.83] [01:46.63]Is this the land of Bruce and Wallace [01:49.12]Is this the land of freedom and my birth? [01:52.77] [01:54.64]Sell it to the people [01:56.15] [02:00.66]Sell it to the people [02:01.90] [02:04.27]Now this should be a rich wee country [02:07.34]We have gas and wood and coal and oil [02:10.07] [02:10.63]Whiskey, the pipes and willing workers [02:13.30]All prepared to strive and toil [02:16.91]Let's give the country something special [02:19.09] [02:20.37]Liberty in mair than name [02:22.15] [02:22.88]Get off your knees, and cast your votes [02:25.92]And let the nation's voice be heard again [02:28.83] [02:31.33]Make them listen to the people [02:32.90] [02:37.03]Make them listen to the people [02:38.57] [02:43.06]Will they listen to the people? [02:44.54] [02:49.10]Will they listen to the people?