Kobo Town - Sing Out, Shout Out lyrics

Forty years ago today Independence came our way Welcomed by our struggling songs It came but would not stay And we, wanting to believe Let ourselves be deceived By the well-groomed speech of ambitious men Who time proved to be thieves But the years wore on and nothing changed New flag, new name, same old game Where the lucky laugh and the poor endure Having lost the will to fight again Chorus I remember when we were young And hope was strong And we had waited long To hear the midnight bell That would dispel The age that kept us down I recall when we would bleed 'cause we believed Freedom was in reach Of those who seized the day But freedom came and faded like a dream Children of a pa**ing age Remnants of a dying rage Whose anthems swept across this land Proclaiming a new day And we waited patiently For the elusive decree That would rub away the scars we bore And set our voices free But the years slipped by and nothing came Tyrants just bore different names While the official line promised brighter times We knew all things remained the same Independence, what an elusive dream Things are never ever what they seem Marchin' hand in hand awaitin' the command Of the liberator, soon to be the henchman People's vanguard, propaganda ministry Freedom fighters fillin' the ranks of the secret police While the tale on the times told in obituary lines We offer our resistance with these humble rhymes Sing out, shout out, the dream never dies....