Ub40 - Rainbow Nation lyrics

In our youthful condemned nation The truth speaks for itself That in a time of darkness Someone cried for help So we told a simple story Of innocence and lies How the truth became so twisted In a single judge's eye A brave new rainbow nation Was floating on the tide In a sea of expectation And a humble sense of pride But the wave of solidarity That swept across our land He's broken on the rocks Left lifeless on the sand It all seemed very simple Let the guilty take the blame We can sing our songs of freedom And put them all to shame Shine a light into the dark Let them hear his name But the more we try to change things The more they stay the same A brave new rainbow nation Was floating on the tide In a sea of expectation And a humble sense of pride But the wave of solidarity That swept across our land He's broken on the rocks Left lifeless on the sand No one else but Tyler Knows exactly what he's missed He's a man that's disappearance Is slowly ceasing to exist And the only contribution That he has left to give Is the simple tragic story Of the life he's never lived A brave new rainbow nation Was floating on the tide In a sea of expectation And a humble sense of pride But the wave of solidarity That swept across our land He's broken on the rocks Left lifeless on the sand