It’s the Music That Matters!

 

The Metalhead strums his air guitar

The Indian man sings while playing his sitar

It’s not the colour of his skin

- It’s the music that matters!

 

Panpipes in the mountains

Music in the fountains

It doesn’t matter where it is

- It’s the music that matters!

 

Synthesisers and Electropop

Strut your stuff and bop till you drop

Dance yourself dizzy

- It’s the music that matters!

 

Fiddles, flutes and saxaphones

Drums, guitars and big trombones

Play it, hit it, blow it, sing it

- Its’ the music that matters!

 

Orchestras and Philharmonics

With Tubeway Army type electronics

It doesn’t matter how much it costs

- It’s the music that matters!

 

Black and White, Reggae and Dub

Karaoke in the pub

We've all got songs that we love

cos it's the music that matters!

 

Multi-coloured Punks pogo in a pack

Sophie and her Goths just dress in black

It doesn’t matter what you look like

- It’s the music that matters!

 

Northern Soul, Rock n’ Roll

Mods and Rockers on patrol

Different styles and different clothes

- But it’s the music that matters!

 

So in every city and every town

Turn the music up and the fighting down

For Sophie and her friends

- It’s the music that mattered...

 

Jeff Dawson April 2012

Written in memory of Sophie Lancaster and other victims of prejudice. Let music unite.