Rainbow Nation
UB40

In our youthful condemnation

The truth speaks for itself

That in a time of darkness

Someone cried for help



So we told a simple story

Of innocence and lies

How the truth became so twisted

In a single judges eyes



Our brave new rainbow nation

Was floating on the tide

In a sea of expectation

And a hard-won sense of pride



But the wave of solidarity

That swept across our land

Was broken on the rocks

Left lifeless on the sand



It all seemed very simple

Let the guilty take the blame

We can sing our songs of freedom

And put them all to shame



Shine a light into the darkness

Let them hear his name

But the more we tried to change things

The more they stayed the same



Our brave new rainbow nation

Was floating on the tide

In a sea of expectation

And a hard-won sense of pride



But the wave of solidarity

That swept across our land

Was broken on the rocks

Left lifeless on the sand



And no one else but Tyler

Knows exactly what he's missed

He's a man that's disappearing

Slowly ceasing to exist



And the only contribution

That he has left to give

Is the simple tragic story

Of the life he's never lived



Our brave new rainbow nation

Was floating on the tide

In a sea of expectation

And a hard-won sense of pride



But the wave of solidarity

That swept across our land

Was broken on the rocks

Left lifeless on the sand



Our brave new rainbow nation

Was floating on the tide

In a sea of expectation

And a hard-won sense of pride



But the wave of solidarity

That swept across our land

Was broken on the rocks

Left lifeless on the sand


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  'Cause It Isn't True   (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You   1 in 10   12 Bar   25%   A Love I Can Feel   Adella   After Tonight   All I Want To Do   Always There   Always There (Remix)   As Always You Were Wrong Again   B Line   B-line   Baby   Baby Come Back   Baby I Love Your Way   Baby Why   Bling Bling   Blood & Fire   Blood And Fire   Blue Bilet Doux   Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain   Boom Shaka Lacka   Breakfast In Bed   Bring It On Home   Bring It On Home To Me   Bring Me Your Cup   Bring Me Your Cup (7" Version)   Bring Me Your Cup (Remix)   Bring Me Your Cup [7 Version]   Burden of Shame   C'est La Vie   C'est La Vie (Remix)   C'est La Vie   Can't Help Falling In Love   Can't Help Falling In Love With You   Can't Help Falling In Love   Cause It Isn't True   Cause It Isn't True   Cherry Oh Baby   Come Back Darling   Come Out To Play   Contaminated Minds   Couvre-la (Cover Up)   Cover Up   Cream Puff   Crying Over You   Crying Time   D. U. B   D.U.B   D.U.B.   Dance Until The Morning Light   Dance With The Devil   Dance With The Devil (reprise)   Demonstrate   Demonstrate (Admiral Jerry)   Desert Sand   Doctor X   Don't Blame Me   Don't Break My Heart   Don't Do The Crime   Don't Let It Pass You By   Don't Slow Down   Don't Slow Down (Remix)   Don't Walk On The Grass   Don't Want To See You Cry   Don't Blame Me   Don't Break My Heart   Don't Do The Crime   Don't Let It Pass You By   Don't Slow Down   Dream A Lie   Drop On By   Dubmobile   Earth Dies Screaming   End Of War   Every Breath You Take   Everything Is Better Now   Everytime   Falling In Love   Falling In Love With You   Fight Fe Come In   Fight Fe Come In (James Bon & General CP)   Folitician   Folitician (remix)   Folitician [Remix]   Folitition   Food For Thought   Fools Rush In   Forget The Cost   Freestyler   Friendly Fire   Get Along Without You Now   Getting Over the Storm   Good Ambition   Good Situation   Gotta Tell Someone   Groovin'   Groovin'   Guilty   Guns In The Ghetto   Hand That Rocks The Cradle   Happiness   He'll Have to Go   He\u2019ll Have To Go   Here I Am   Here I Am (Come and Take Me)   Here I Am Baby   Here We Go Again   Higher Ground   Higher Ground (Remix)   Hills And Valley   Hip Hop Lyrical Robot   Hip Hop Lyrical Robot (Pato Banton)   Hit It   Hold Your Position   Hold Your Position (Stones)   Holly Holy   Homely Girl   Homely Girl [*]   HomelyGirl   How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live   How Can Poor Men Stand Such Times And Live   How Will I Get Through This   How Will I Get Through This One   Hurry Come On Up   Hurry Come Up   I Cant Help Falling In Love   I Did What I Did   I Didn’t Know   I Get Lifted   I Got You Babe   I Got You Babe [Live]   I Knew You   I Love It When You Smile   I Love It When You Smile (Remix)   I Really Can't Say   I Really Can't Say   I Shot The Sheriff   I Think It's Going To Rain Again   I Think It's Going to Rain Today   I Think It's Going To Rain Today   I Wan'na Be Like You   I Want To Make You Sweat   I Won't Close My Eyes   I Won't Close My Eyes (remix)   I Won't Close My Eyes   I Would Do For You   I'll Be Back   I'll Be On My Way   I'll Be There   I'll Be Your Baby Tonight   I'm Not Fooled   I'm Not Fooled So Easily   I'm On The Up   I've Been Missing You   I've Got Mine   I've Got Mine (Extended Version)   I\u2019ll Be On My Way   I'll Be On My Way   I'm Not Fooled So Easily   I'm On The Up   I've Been Missing You   I’ve Got Mine   If It Happens Again   If You Ever Have Forever in Mind   Impossible   Impossible Love   Instant Radical Change Of Perception   It's A Long Long Way   It's All In The Game   It's My Delight   It's Time   It's True   It's A Long Long Way   It's My Delight   It’s True   Its My Delight   Johnny Too Bad   Johnny Too Bad [*]   Johnny Too Bad [Live]   Just Another Girl   Just Another Girl [*]   Just Be Good   Just be good (Bushman club)   Just Be Good (Bushman Dub)   Just Be Good [Bushman Dub]   Just What’s Killing Me   Keep On Moving   King   King Step   Kings row   Kingston Town   Kiss An Say Goodbye   Kiss and Say Goodbye   Kiss and Say Goodbye [DVD][Live][*]   Lamb's Bread   Lambs Bread   Lambsbread   Legalise It   Legalize It   Let Me Know   Light My Fire   Lisa   Little By Little   Look At Me   Look Down At My Reflection   Looking Down At My Reflection   Lost & Found   Lost And Found   Love Is All Alright   Love Is All Is Alright   Love Is All Is Alright (remix)   Love Is All Is Alright [Remix]   Love It When You Smile   Love That I Need   Lyric Officer   Lyric Officer (Dillinger)   Lyric Officer MK.2   Madam Medusa   Madame Medusa   Magic Carpet   Man Next Door   Many Rivers   Many Rivers To Cross   Matter Of Time   Maybe Tomorrow   Maybe Tomorrow [DVD]   Me And You   Mi Spliff   Middle Of The Night   Midnight Rider   More Opportunity   Mr Fix It   Mr. Fix It   Music So Nice   My Best Girl   My Way Of Thinking   Neon Haze   Neonhaze (Vacuum cleaner)   Never Let Go   Never Let You Go   Nkomo a Go Go   Nothing Without You   Nothing Without You [Dub]   Now & Then   Now And Then   Oh America!   Oh America! (Extended Version)   Oh No Baby Don't Go   On the Other Hand   Once Around   One In Ten   One Woman Man   Only Fools Rush In   Oracabessa Moonshine   Please Don't Make Me Cry   Please Don't Make Me Cry   Plenty More   Present Arms   Present arms in dub   Promises & Lies   Promises And Lies   Promises AndLies   Rat In Me Kitchen   Rat In Mi Kitchen   Rat in Mi Kitchen [Live]   Rat In My Kitchen   Rat In The Kitchen   Really   Reasons   Reckless   Reckless [DVD]   Reckless [The Soca Chant Zouk Mix]   Red Red Wine   Red Red Wine (Rap Version)   Red Red Wine [*]   Red Red Wine [Edit]   Red, Red Wine   Red, Red Wine   Reefer Madness   Reggae Music   Regular Guy   Return of Dr.X   Riddle Me   Road   Rudie   Sardonicus   Seasons   Securing The Peace   She Caught The Train   Signing Off   Signing Off [Live]   Silent Witness   Silent Witness (Remix)   Since I Met You Lady   Since I Met You Lady [*]   Sing Our Own Song   Singer Man   Sins of the Father   Sins of the Fathers   Slow Down   Smile For Me   Smoke it   So Destructive   So Here I Am   Someone Like Me   Someone Like You   Something More Than This   Sorry   Soul Rebel   Sparkle of My Eye   Sparkle Of My Eyes   Stand Out   Stay A Little Bit Longer   Stick By Me   Strange Fruit   Style   Style (Pablo)   Style MK.4   Summertime [Instrumental]   Superstition   Sweet Cherrie   Sweet Sensation   Swing Low   Swing Low (Sweet Chariot)   Swing Low (The Official England Rugby World Cup An...   Swing Low [Acapella]   Swing Low feat. United Colours of Sound   Tears For My Eyes   Tears From My Eyes   Tell It Like It Is   Tell Me Is It True   That Look In Your Eye   The Buzz Feeling   The Buzz Feeling (Gunslinger)   The Day I Broke The Law   The Earth Dies Screaming   The Earth Dies Screaming (Remix)   The Elevator   The Key   The King Step   The King Step MK. 1   The Pillow   The Pillow (Remix)   The Piper Calls The Tune   The Piper Calls the Tune [Live]   The Prisoner   The Road   The Time Has Come   The Train Is Coming   The Way You Do The Things You   The Way You Do the Things You Do   The Way You Do the Things You Do [DVD]   Things Ain't Like They Used To Be   Things Ain't Like They Used To Be   Things You Say You Love   This Is How It Is   Tracks Of My Tears   Train Is Coming   True, True, True   Two In A One   Two In A One (Pablo & Gunslinger)   Two in a One MK.1   Tyler   Until My Dying Day   V's Version   V's Version   Version Girl   Walk On Me Land   Walk Out   Walked In The Rain   Walkout   War Poem   Watchdogs   Watchdogs (Remix)   Waw Waw Waw   Way you do the things yo do   Way You Do The Things You Do   Wear You To The Ball   Wedding Day   Where Did I Go Wrong   Where Did I Go Wrong?   Who   Who You Fighting For   Who You Fighting For?   Wild cat   Write Off The Debt   You & Me   You & Me   You And Me   You Are Always Pulling Me Down   You Could Meet Somebody   You Could Meet Somebody (Remix)   You're Always Pulling Me Down   You're Always Pulling Me Down (Remix)   You're Gonna Need Me   You're Not An Army   You're Always Pulling Me Down   You're Not An Army   Young Guns   Your Eyes Were Open   Your Eyes Were Openg

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