Changes - Mike Lindup, Ральф Воан-Уильямс

Let faith be my shield, and let joy be my steed

'Gainst the dragons of anger, the ogres of greed

And let me set free with the sword of my youth

From the castle of darkness, the power of the truth

I’ve struggled as a man to figure out this life

And what I’m doing with the time that I’ve been given

I search to find the reasons for the wrong and for the right

And it’s clear the status quo is the first thing that must go

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

I struggled as a boy to work out wrong from right

Feet of clay by day, man of steel by night

I wished for some great teacher that would guide me to the light

But the voice inside me say there’s no quick and easy way

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Leaders seeking power are spoiling for a fight

My learning friends are sure who should be chosen

Each day the papers tell me who is wrong and who is right

But between the lines I find no reason in the rhyme

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

There is nothing out of reach in this world

The story told for many years can no longer serve us well

There is nothing out of reach in this world

It’s in our hands, in our hands

Far away the spirit guides me

Speaks in tongues I understand

Far away the spirit calls to me

A message for the common man

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Gonna be some changes

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Gonna be some changes

(Changes)

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

(Changes)

To make it through tomorrow

Gonna be some changes

(Changes)

Gonna be some sorrows

We badly need them

To make it through tomorrow

Let faith be my shield, and let joy be my steed

'Gainst the dragons of anger, the ogres of greed

And let me set free with the sword of my youth

From the castle of darkness, the power of the truth