ANDY M. STEWART - Listen To The People lyrics

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They say Victoria loved our Highlands

Well, that's because she owned them all

A feather pen and an iron fist

Put a people's back against the wall

The silent sheilings tell their tale

Of burning thatch and of ruined door

Of families driven from their homes

And a way of life that is no more, no more

They took it from the people

They took it from the people

Now kings and queens might be getting scarce

But watch that politician man

He'll smash your union, freeze your wages

And fill his pockets while he can

He'll close the mines and sell the railways

Ships and steel are gone the same

But if you've bought the lies he's selling

Then you'll know just who are the ones he'll blame

He'll blame it on the people

He'll blame it on the people

Now we've opted out of social justice

Privatized our conscience pains

Society does not exist, nor Scotland either,

That is plain

They're going to sell us back our water

That falls from Heaven to God's green earth

Is this the land of Bruce and Wallace

Is this the land of freedom and my birth?

Sell it to the people

Sell it to the people

Now this should be a rich wee country

We've gas and wood and coal and oil

Whiskey, the pipes and willing workers

All prepared to strive and toil

Let's give the country something special

Liberty in mair than name

Get off your knees, and cast your votes

And let the nation's voice be heard again

Make them listen to the people

Make them listen to the people

Will they listen to the people?