Rise Oh Voices of Rhodesia – Join the Black Parade

Rise Oh Voices of Rhodesia – Join the Black Parade

So, I have posted some kind of version of this before but several people never clocked it.

Now with these ‘elections’; I send a simple reminder: Read these lines (with my observant additions), and then click on the song. I make no excuse for what I am…

 "Welcome To The Black Parade"

When I was a young boy,

(I was maybe about 10)

My father took me into the city

(Salisbury)
To see a marching band.

(It was 11.11)

He said, "Son when you grow up,
would you be the saviour of the broken,
the beaten and the damned?"

(That is why I joined the BSAP)

He said "Will you defeat them,
your demons, and all the non-believers,
the plans that they have made?"

(Erm-like, fight terrorists?)

"Because one day I'll leave you,
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
To join The Black Parade."

(Well, most of the parade consisted of black members of our security forces.)

When I was a young boy,
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said, "Son when you grow up,
would you be the saviour of the broken,
the beaten and the damned?"

(Hardly – I was trying to save up for a car. Daddy, thank the deities, was long dead by then.)

Sometimes I get the feeling she's watching over me.

(Here, if you have read my books, know exactly who this is – my guardian angel)

And other times I feel like I should go.

(Yeah, there were times I think I should split as chinas dropped like flies)

And through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets.

(More like the bush, but same thing in a way)
And when you're gone we want you all to know.

We'll carry on,
We'll carry on

(Rhodesia)
And though you're dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on

(Rhodesia)
We'll carry on

(Rhodesia)

And in my heart I can't contain it
The anthem won't explain it.

(Rise Oh Voices of Rhodesia)

A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams

(Ian Smith – ‘We had a great, er.. 13 odd years getting our kids killed)
Your misery and hate will kill us all.
So paint it black and take it back

(Zimbabwe)
Let's shout it loud and clear
Defiant to the end we hear the call

(Rhodesia Was Super)

To carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on

(On your tombstone – ‘He died for Rhodesia’.)

We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches

On and on we carry through the fears
Ooh oh ohhhh

(Let's go on Facebook and slag people off with a different opinion)

Disappointed faces of your peers

(Shit happens when you tell the truth)
Ooh oh ohhhh
Take a look at me cause I could not care at all

(AND that is a fact)

Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part
I won't explain or say I'm sorry
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
Give a cheer for all the broken

(Many of my chinas)

Listen here, because it's who we are

(The Last of The Rhodesians)
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
I don't! care!

We'll carry on
We'll carry on

(The Last of The Rhodesians)
And though you're dead and gone believe me
Your memory will carry on

(Rhodesia -Because I wrote almost 800 pages about it)

We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches on

Do or die, you'll never make me
Because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you'll never break me
We want it all, we wanna play this part (We'll carry on)

Do or die, you'll never make me (We'll carry on)
Because the world will never take my heart (We'll carry on)
Go and try, you'll never break me (We'll carry)
We want it all, we wanna play this part (We'll carry on)

Last of the Rhodesians – The Gokwe Kid and Simply the Pest

Now available on Amazon. And - the non believers – can kiss my ass.

Here is the video. Oddly, my hair at the moment is the same colour! Just click the link -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C76Rv-3L-4