[ Featuring Pete Brown ]
1962 - A YOUNG LONDONER'S POINT OF VIEW ON THE CUBAN CRISIS
Thousands crowding in trafalgar square, waiting for the world to end
Afraid the phallic javelins would descend
Thousands protesting, voices shared, hoping the deaths would be postponed
That the fire, wouldn't reach their homes
We didn't even know, in the far off days
Just how close it came, to cancel our best decade
Drowning it in flames.
... Facing close the...
Who has got the biggest sword
Conclusions, we cannot afford
Sweating afraid our life could disappear, we sung the anthems of light
Longing for the end of the night
We didn't even know, in those shaking hours
The deals would be undone, and the calculating powers
Thought they'd already won
We didn't even know, in the far off days
Just how close it came, to cancel our best decade
Drowning it in flames
Finally we left old Nelson's square,
But we'd always be so changed
Beliefs had been rearranged
There's a victory still sitting there, everytime I'm walking past
I really hope it lasts
I really hope it lasts
Hope it lasts
