Album: Whispering Jack (1986)

Charted: 6 82

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• We have the chance to turn the pages over
  We can write what we wanna write
  We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older
  We're all someone's daughter
  We're all someone's son
  How long can we look at each other
  Down the barrel of a gun?
  
  You're the voice, try and understand it
  Make a noise and make it clear
  Oh, whoa
  We're not gonna sit in silence
  We're not gonna live with fear
  Oh, whoa
  
  This time, we know we all can stand together
  With the power to be powerful
  Believing we can make it better
  Ooh, we're all someone's daughter
  We're all someone's son
  How long can we look at each other
  Down the barrel of a gun?
  
  You're the voice, try and understand it
  Make a noise and make it clear
  Oh, whoa
  We're not gonna sit in silence
  We're not gonna live with fear
  Oh, whoa
  
  Ooh, we're all someone's daughter
  We're all someone's son
  How long can we look at each other
  Down the barrel of a gun?
  
  You're the voice, try and understand it
  Make the noise and make it clear
  Oh, whoa
  We're not gonna sit in silence
  We're not gonna live with fear
  Oh, whoa
  
  You're the voice, try and understand it
  Make a noise and make it clear
  Oh, whoa
  We're not gonna sit in silence
  We're not gonna live with fear
  Oh, whoa
  
  You're the voice, try and understand it
  Make a noise and make it clear
  Oh, whoa
  We're not gonna sit in silence (we're not gonna sit in silence)
  We're not gonna live with fear (we're not gonna live with fear)
  Oh, whoa
  
  You're the voice, try and understand it
  Make a noise and make it clear
  Oh, whoa
  We're not gonna sit in silence
  We're not gonna live with fear
  Oh, whoa Writer/s: Andy Qunta, Chris Thompson, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder
  Publisher: Bucks Music Group, Royalty Network
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

• Ash W from Melbourne, VictoriaCorrection: Chris Thompson never gave permission but Farnham knew it had to be his song and went ahead anyway, it was only after it had been recorded that Thompson finally heard it
• AnonymousI believe Johnny used Merryn Moir as the piper on one of the first recordings?
• David Townson from Ulverston, CumbriaI can also name another song with bagpipes on (and I am surprised it hasn't been mentioned already)
  
  Mull of Kintyre by Wings
• Toby Bridson from MelbourneRoss the BagPiper used to live over the road from me when i was living in North Ringwood as a child. I was friends with his kids Jamie and Alex and the pipe music used to travel up and down the street. Even weirder story and complete coincidence, Ross was recruited to play the bagpipes at our wedding by my now wife completely unbeknownst to me until the day!!!
• Katrina from Australia One of John Farnhams favorite songs is AC/DC - It's a long way to the top (If you wanna rock n roll) https://youtu.be/-sUXMzkh-jI in which they play bagpipes. The original demo had a bass solo and John swapped it out for bagpipes https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/why-john-farnham-was-nearly-rockblocked-from-youre-the-voice/news-story/9e048f2d4550a8b4c1a28e2eba4909f6
  John used to perform "It's a long way to the top" on stage. When he was inducted into the 'hall of fame', he performed "Your the Voice" and injected a segment of the Acca Dacca bagpipes. It was pretty cool https://youtu.be/ULeMvqeU-Ns
• Leon89 from The NetherlandsI know another song that has a Bagpipe solo.
  
  AC/DC - It's A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock & Roll
• Howard from St. Louis Park, Mn I remember hearing this song in the late 80s and it was one of the few rock and roll songs to have the sound of bagpipes in the instrumental track.
• Greg from Fort Wayne, InThis is such a great anthem, in a time, at least here in America, and around the rest of the world, where the regular people need to declare our feelings under no uncertain circumstances to the supposed, "World Leaders", that it's time that they realize that we're fed up with their crap, and that there needs to be put into place some sort of rules that limit the power they actually have over the very people who gave them their position. They need to be reminded that we are the employers, not the slaves to their every whim, and that we're not made of money for them to spend. They are only guardians, not Lords!!!!!

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