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sun city (demo)


composer
Little Steven


publisher
© 1985 Blue Midnight Music/Warner Bros Music Ltd


background
Played live during Once Upon A Time Tour, the song was briefly resurrected during the Street Fighting Years sessions.

Only one version was committed to tape, Monitor Mix #1, which is a rocking take recorded on the 26th July 1988. Despite an echo on the vocals, it's a great version. (Some of the choruses were switched around but the lyrics are the same).


see also:
Sun City


lyrics
Monitor Mix #1
Chorus:
I ain't gonna play Sun City.
I ain't gonna play Sun City.
(Everybody Say)
I ain't gonna play Sun City.
(No baby)
I ain't gonna play Sun City.

Relocation to phoney homelands,
Separation of families I can't understand.
Twenty three million can't vote 'cause they're black,
We're stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back I'm gonna say.

Chorus

Out Government tell us "we're doing all we can".
Constructive engagement is Ronald Reagan's plan.
Meanwhile people are dying and giving up hope.
This quiet diplomacy ain't nothing but a joke.

Chorus

Boputhuswana is far away,
But we know it's in South Africa no matter what they say.
You can't buy me I don't care what you pay,
Because I don't care 'cause I ain't gonna play.

Chorus

Drums.

It's time to accept responsibility,
Freedom is a priviledge nobody rides for free.
Look around the world baby it cannot be denied,
Why we're always on the wrong side.

Chorus

Relocation to phoney homelands,
Separation of families I can't understand.
Twenty three million can't vote 'cause they're black,
We're stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back I'm gonna say.

Chorus



demo discography
Monitor Mix #1 (7:38)
Produced by: Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn

Street Fighting Years Reel Ten