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Heard this on radio this morning - beautiful song with a beautiful sentiment...

Enjoy............ :)

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And here's the lyrics :)

"Don't Give Up"

in this proud land we grew up strong

we were wanted all along

I was taught to fight, taught to win

I never thought I could fail

no fight left or so it seems

I am a man whose dreams have all deserted

I've changed my face, I've changed my name

but no one wants you when you lose

don't give up

'cos you have friends

don't give up

you're not beaten yet

don't give up

I know you can make it good

though I saw it all around

never thought I could be affected

thought that we'd be the last to go

it is so strange the way things turn

drove the night toward my home

the place that I was born, on the lakeside

as daylight broke, I saw the earth

the trees had burned down to the ground

don't give up

you still have us

don't give up

we don't need much of anything

don't give up

'cause somewhere there's a place

where we belong

rest your head

you worry too much

it's going to be alright

when times get rough

you can fall back on us

don't give up

please don't give up

'got to walk out of here

I can't take anymore

going to stand on that bridge

keep my eyes down below

whatever may come

and whatever may go

that river's flowing

that river's flowing

moved on to another town

tried hard to settle down

for every job, so many men

so many men no-one needs

don't give up

'cause you have friends

don't give up

you're not the only one

don't give up

no reason to be ashamed

don't give up

you still have us

don't give up now

we're proud of who you are

don't give up

you know it's never been easy

don't give up

'cause I believe there's the a place

there's a place where we belong

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I listened to this just after you posted it, and it is still buzzing round in my head.

Lovely song, thank you for sharing it.xx

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There you go....Corpse just said he really appreciates your and Fed Up's song, and that he is feeling much better after last night's session in Bosnian. I always knew that grammar can heal everything but nobody ever believed me that, I somehow managed to convince him to listen to my presentations last night and it worked! Many thanks gals from him and from me of course!

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so glad that people are also finding this beautiful song uplifting too... i know there is probably an "uplifting song" thread here somewhere but please feel free to add any suggestions to this post too if you feel you maybe wanna :)

i especially liked this song cos of the lyrics about not giving up cos you have friends - cos i know that most of us here are only on-line friends - but that friendship can be as real as real life - in some cases stronger... and i think that this song also seems to sum up something that i hold very dear about this forum and the love and support that we all get here and indeed the friendships that we make here that, to me personally, has been something that has brought me through some very dark times when everything else in my life has been quite frankly shite and appeared pointless...

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  • 2 weeks later...

Such a beautiful song.................and an inspiration to anyone........................sadly, heavy hearts, with heavy souls, cannot encompass the beauty that is Peter Gabriel in this track............although I would advocate a very different experience

and, Gabriel's finest

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And with age, comes greatness

I know...........90% of people just don't get it.......is that stupidity or ignorance?, laissez faire or plain don't give a shit?, but for us 10%...........just how fucking cool is tthat?!!............complex, challenging, astute!!

IMHO one of the greatest songwriters of his era........to the masses?.....some bloke who wrote songs

Such a shame that the masses are so gullible!!

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  • 1 year later...

I am bringing this thread up again, because the content and conversation, people are having,

is expressing much of what I would try to say and express to others tonight...

Also the songs are lovely, maybe they will give a little lift, and positive reason, to allow some tears to flow...

We are not alone out here...it just very much feels like it sometimes...

Well wishes to everyone trying to find ways to cope, MBB

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