Man kan da håbe at hun er blevet jaget en skræk i livet så hun åbner øjnene for virkeligheden. Alle de tårer bør ikke være spildte.
Det var en slagsang for Radio Luxembourg. Skrevet til Marion Montgomery af Richard Hewson, der også skabte avantgardebandet Rah Band og lavede arrangementer for The Beatles.
Det er en sang med et budskab om et håb om fællesskab og en erkendelse af at forskellen på succes og fiasko, smil og tårer, kan være papirtynd. Alt sammen sunget på en platform af nederlag, tab og smerte. Derfor valgte radiostationen sangen som den sidste der blev spillet inden man endeligt drejede nøglerne om den 30. december 1992. Den er universel og rummer relationen til skolen og forældre, til børn men også til al kiv og strid mellem mennesker.
Maybe the mornin´
Will it find the sun shining
Warming the eyes of your children, again
Maybe the mornin´
Will bring you together
Makin´ the whole world more beautiful then
Look well at your elders
Now look well at the preacher
Think of the pain of those long early years
Look well at your parents
Now look well at the teacher
See why the good times are too, too close to tears
Quickly they´re growing and fighting and crying
Trying to understand why it should be
Whеn they love someonе, it´s not always easy
To make us aware, to make everyone see
Look well at your elders
Now look well at the preacher
Think of the pain of those long early years
Look well at your parents
Now look well at the teacher
See why the good times are too, too close to tears
Look well at your elders
Now look well at the preacher
Think of the pain of those long early years
Look well at your parents
Now look well at the teacher
See why the good times are too, too close to tears
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