NEWS. PRESS. MUSIC. SIDE PROJECTS. CD BABY. ITUNES. CAFEPRESS. PHOTO. CLIP. THINK. DONATE. LINK. INFO. THINK. Saving Africa [Letter to Tony Blair] Written in London in March 2002, this song was inspired by Tony Blair's recent 'goodwill' trip to Africa. In an attempt to cast Anglo foreign policy in a more benevolent light, the Blair administration pressed the idea that Africa could be 'saved' from the burden of western debt. Shortly after this trip, however, the UK completed the sale of military radar systems and surplus weapons to a variety of debt-ridden African countries. A sword that cuts both ways, it would seem... Saving Africa has now been recorded for Daniel's 2006 release OP-ED, a collection of environmentally, socially, and politically inspired songs. You can hear it @ CD Baby. >> Click to hear: OP-ED: Environmental / Social / Political [2006] Track 12: Saving Africa [Letter to Tony Blair] Music & Lyrics by Daniel Gannaway/Apra © 2006 You're returning to a rain swept Westminster And I hear that you're going to save Africa You'll pull it from some heart of darkness So that in a civilised light it can exist Well big claims don't mean much if they're all talk and no action If this is just some kind of publicity grabbing mission ‘Cause that's a fair bit of debt to clear up with your tax payers permission Better stop selling arms to those same countries that you talk of saving Just a point Maybe it's you who'll have to do the listening ’Cause from what I hear Old colonial rule is not too welcome But according to you and your sources It's the other way around You've got the solution to their third world bind Big claims don't mean much if they're all talk and no action If this is just some kind of publicity grabbing mission ‘Cause that's a fair bit of debt to clear up with your tax payers permission Better stop selling arms to those same countries that you talk of saving Africa Saving Africa Saving Africa You talk of saving it Here's the thing Maybe to save them You're going to have to open your market up to a fairer trade Stop selling them old missiles guns mines and grenades © Daniel Gannaway/Apra - March 2002 Quick links: >> MP3s & CDs @ CD Baby! >> Apple iTunes >> Rhapsody >> iSOUND >> MP3tunes >> Napster >> eMusic >> myspace >> VIRB >> ReverbNation >> CafePress ^ top ^ thankyou for supporting truly independent music