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Give Me A Country That Cares

from BARD COMPANY: 'Raising The Standards' by BARD COMPANY

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GIVE ME A COUNTRY THAT CARES: “A hope for society and the wider world, 'Give me a country that cares' is an anthemic acknowledgement and tribute to inspirational men, women and many socialist movements, some of which are featured on this album and are our driving forces as Socialists.
In these turbulent times of war, conflict and rapidly diminishing harmony and respect between communities and countries, this track is a message for a better and more decent society and world for us all, if only we learned from these people who have played a major part in our history. ” PUNKY

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Give Me A Country That Cares


Give me a country that holds its head high
Give me a country that still has some pride
Make it one that loves its neighbour
No matter if they vote Tory or Labour
The colour of their skin, the building they pray in
Their sexual preference or the body they’re in

So give me those who made us who we are
The striking miners who still bare their scars
Give me the Diggers - the Levellers too
Our Brothers and Sisters at Peterloo
The NHS and the Welfare State
The Socialist’s - not those who hate

Don’t talk to me with patronising words
Wearing the mask of someone who cares
Don’t talk to me like you understand
When you’ve no idea of the lie of the land
Don’t talk to me like you’ve had it hard
When you wouldn’t have it in your own back yard


No, give me Nye Bevin and Tony Benn
Someone with conscience in number 10
The Trade Unions – the jobs they have saved
Anti-Nazi League, International Brigade,
Rock Against Racism, Gay Pride,
the Jarrow marchers – their banners held high

Give me the Anti-Frackers and CND
Those who fought at Cable Street.
‘We Shall Overcome’,
freedom from persecution.
Bridges, railways and waterways
the Industrial Revolution.

Orwell and Steinbeck, Luther King.
Strummer, Guthrie – let’s hear them sing.
Frederick Engels and Karl Marx,
Indira Gandhi and Rosa Parks,
Nelson Mandella and Malcolm X,
The Tolpuddle Martyrs - the Suffragettes.

All those comrades we will never forget.
those comrades we must never forget.
Yes give me those who give a damn,
And Give me those who care,
Those who inspire us with their deeds
Not just with their words.

Give me those who fight for the needy
Not the parasites who side with the greedy.
Those who give me something to believe in
Give me those who I can believe in
Give me those who keep us believing
And give me a country that cares

Give me a country that cares
Give me a country that cares

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from BARD COMPANY: 'Raising The Standards', released November 11, 2019
WORDS: Jeff Dawson
MUSIC: John Kettle

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