"Statue Of Liberty" - lyrics to a fantastic song I just discovered

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

STATUE OF LIBERTY
The Little River Band
Lyrics by Glenn Shorrock

Give me your hungry, give me your tired,
give me your homeless, give me your wanderers,
Statue of Liberty, standing in the harbour,
this is America, we try a little harder.
Oh, this is America, ah. We set the standards
and everyone will follow, we've got our own values,
but they're built on the dollar, Statue of Liberty,
standing in the harbour, this is America,
we try a little harder. Oh, but now it's tumbling,
fakin', quakin', tremblin' on its own foundation,
there's been so many warnings, too late the old lady's
fallin', the only thing to do is to get out of the way,
anything can happen in the U. S. of A. ain't no use anymore
in tryin' harder, Statue of Liberty sinkin' in the harbour.
You can be a millionaire by steppin' on the needy,
words of equality, but they're written for the greedy,
Statue of Liberty, yeah, yeah, standing in the harbour,
this is America, we try a little harder.
Oh, this is America, ah. Give me your hungry,
give me your tired. give me your homeless,
give me your wanderers. Give me your hungry,
give me your tired. give me your homeless,
give me your wanderers.

[rawtribe]

1. And this one by XTC

Statue of Liberty

The first time I saw you standing in the water
You must have been all of a thousand feet tall
Nearly naked - unashamed like Herod's daughter
Your love was so big
It made New York look small

You've been the subject of so many dreams
Since I climbed your torso
Oh!
My statue of Liberty
Boo Boo
Impaled on your hair
What do you do
Do Do to me
Boo Boo

I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book
A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt
A billion lovers with their cameras
Snap to look and in my fantasy
I sail beneath your skirt

[corkhead]

6. you read my mind. I was thinking the same thing when I saw this thread

:toast:

[Coventina]

7. Yay! Others remember this song too!

I think it's all the more cute with XTC being British and all.

[dweller]

2. Almost Independence Day

I can hear them calling way from Oregon
I can hear them calling way from Oregon
And it's almost Independence Day

Me and my lady, we go steppin' (we go steppin')
We go steppin' way out on China town
All to buy some Hong Kong silver
And the wadin' rushing river (we go steppin')
We go out on the, out on the town tonight

I can hear the fireworks
I can hear the fireworks
I can hear the fireworks
Up and down the, up and down the San Francisco bay
Up and down the, up and down the San Francisco bay
I can hear them echoing
I can hear, I can hear them echoing
Up and down the, up and down the San Francisco bay

I can see the boats in the harbor (way across the harbor)
Lights shining out (lights shining out)
And a cool, cool night
And a cool, cool night across the harbor
I can hear the fireworks
I can hear the people, people shouting out
I can hear the people shouting out (up and down the line)
And it's almost Independence Day

I can see the lights way out in the harbor
And the cool, and the cool, and the cool night
And the cool, and the cool, and the cool night breeze
And I feel the cool night breeze
And I feel, feel, feel the cool night breeze
And the boats go by
And it's almost Independence Day
And it's almost, and it's almost Independence Day

Way up and down the line
Way up and down the line...

Van Morrison


we're not there yet.
dp

[DanCa]

3. Beautiful guys thank you (nt)

[alphafemale]

4. Give me your poor. The corporate wheels need grease.

We will shame them for complaining.

How dare they question their place?

[Hissyspit]

5. I think that was the first album I ever bought - back in 1975!

It was the one with "It's A Long Way There."