I have included below the lyrics for "Do They Know
It's G8 Time?", a new song that I have written to the
tune of Band Aid 20's "Do They Know It's Christmas?",
that my revolutionary socialist band Galaxia will
record in a recording studio on Thursday (30th June).
You can download the song in leaflet form for printing
out and distributing, and you will be able to download
the track in a variety of formats when we have
recorded it, from the Galaxia website
(http://www.galaxiamusic.org). I'll try to find many
file-sharing sites and other websites on the internet
where we can put the tracks after doing the
recordings.

If you are interested in participating in the band,
visit one of the following discussion groups to which
I have just sent an update message on Galaxia (and to
which other important messages on the band will also
go):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galaxiamusic
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-revolution-starts-now
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/do-they-know-its-g8-time

In solidarity,
Steve.


Do They Know It’s G8 Time?

To the tune of Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid

Original version written by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof

New lyrics by Steve Wallis, version 3, 28/6/2005

It's G8 time, there’s a need to be afraid
At G8 time, they say they’ll help but can you trust
them?
In our world of plenty, there have been so many
shattered dreams
Go on strike around the world at G8 time
You may pray, but strike for the other ones
At G8 time they plot, so we can’t just have fun
There’s a world outside your window
And it’s a world of dread and fear
There may be private water flowing
It’d be bitter like acid rain
And the G8 suits that plot there are Monsanto’s allies
in power
So revolt now so it will be us instead of them
And there might be GM food in Africa after G8 time
There should be organic food in Africa after G8 time
And there might be GM drink in Africa after G8 time
There should be organic drink in Africa after G8 time
And there would still be dictators in Africa after G8
time
There should be democracy in Africa after G8 time
And there would still be AIDS in Africa after G8 time
There should be no more diseases in Africa after G8
time
And there would still be wars in Africa after G8 time
There should be peace around the world after G8 time
The greatest gift we can give them is socialism
When we all rule the world
No rich or poor any more
Do they know it’s G8 time at all?
Here’s to us
Go on strike for everyone
Stop Monsanto this summer for white and black
If they use mind control could the people fight back?
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun
You ain’t gotta feel guilt just powerful
Get our black friends back from the brink of hell
They will know it’s G8 time very soon
Go on strike – repeated 4 times
Do a Bolivia, let them know it’s G8 time – repeated to
end


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Steve Wallis (http://www.socialiststeve.me.uk).
My mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/manchesterism).
My revolutionary socialist band Galaxia (http://www.galaxiamusic.org;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/galaxiamusic).
Launch a general strike at the time of the G8 summit in July
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/g8-summit-worldwide-general-strike).

Proposer of Revolutionary Platform of the Democratic Socialist Alliance
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/revolutionary-platform-of-democratic-socialist-al\
liance).
Member of Glasgow Shettleston branch of the Scottish Socialist Party
(http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org) and initiator of the Revolutionary
Platform of the SSP (http://www.revolutionaryplatformofthessp.org,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/revolutionary-platform-of-the-ssp).

Initiator of the Campaign for Democracy in the UK
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/campaign-for-democracy-in-the-uk) and Campaign
for Sanity in the NHS (http://www.health-service-sanity.org).