Forum Post: AEIOU - Protest Song from Australia

Warm greetings from Australia. Was reading the nytimes online this morning about protest songs and anthems and thought I’d make a cold (and a tad odd!) email call.

Forgive notions of self promo, but I would like to donate the use of a song of mine called AEIOU to the cause. I saw a pic of an OWS sign and thought that the general theme is timeless and one and the same. Written a couple of years back, but very timely now.

Please have a listen, and feel free to use it. I’ve included the lyrics below. If you want I can come over and sing it!

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cheers john gordon

AEIOU

Everybody’s talkin bout how great things are You know I’m not sure that I agree All getting by in their flash new cars On their big fat salaries

Everybody’s talkin bout the money that they make Like they got some strange disease You’ll catch it if you hang around them long enough I guarantee

Everybody’s worried about the the state of the markets and the world economy About the real estate boom but there’s not enough room to put your doggy on it’s leash… I don’t understand this whole obsession with the world A fear based society You can sign up if you want to man just so long as you’re not hurtin me

There’s still a chance to understand The basic human need Don’t fall asleep Don’t follow sheep Wake up now and take the lead…

We’ve got to wrest control Got to save our mortal soul And bring it back down to earth Start a new fashion, Sculpt it from compassion Get behind it now and make it work

I don’t see the point in all this hommage that we pay To a new age of slavery You can sign up if you want to man Your wasting your time askin me

A E I O U A E I O U A E I O U (I owe you nothing… cos you don’t own me)

I don’t where I was just when when I realized Don’t know how it dawned on me But if we don’t stop and make the change, this world becomes a fate accompli…………

A E I O U A E I O U A E I O U (I owe you nothing… cos you don’t own me)