It’s Not Gonna Change The World

Hi. Below is the lyric to a song that I started last night and finished this morning. It was inspired by watching a nature programme about the Caribbean. In it there was a simple scene where a gentle man was releasing four parrots he had rescued back into the wild. These particular parrots were threatened by the pet industry. As he released them he said very humbly - “It’s not gonna change the world”.

It’s Not Gonna Change The World
I heard somebody say
What I do today
It’s not gonna change the world

It’s not gonna change the world
When I hold your hand
I hope you understand
It’s not gonna change the world

So go ahead and take me for me granted, he said
But these little seeds I have planted
Are gonna grow
They’re gonna grow
 
Towards the light
And life will live on
You can’t stop it’s power (whoever you are)
You can’t stop the song
Don’t give up the fight (little angels)
Though the fight be long
And it’s hard to know
Right from wrong

It’s not gonna change the world
I heard somebody cry
Well I can’t lie
It’s not gonna change the world

It’s not gonna change the world
When I call you friend
And our hearts do mend
It’s not gonna change the world

So go ahead and take me for me granted
But these little seeds I have planted
Are gonna grow
They’re gonna grow
 
Towards the light
And life will live on
You can’t stop it’s power (whoever you are)
You can’t stop the song
Don’t give up the fight (little angels)
Though the fight be long     
And it’s hard to know
Right from wrong

And the monsters that we fear
Have feet of clay
However they appear to you
They too, they too my friend
Will have their day
So today there is something we must do

And it’s not gonna change the world
When your smile shines
And you walk the line
It’s not gonna change the world

It’s not gonna change the world
When you’re kind, you see
But it changes me