Discounted as a potential new national anthem for Scotland becasue although it values cultural diversity its rock tones are too strident for sensitive ears!
Words and music by Nigel Clothier
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This song is on two levels really and was inspired by being trapped in the corner of a pub by an old bloke who just wanted someone to rant off at. On the big level, it’s about the fact that it’s just as important to win the peace as it is to win a war. There’s a certain resentment I’m sure even nowadays against, for example German or Japanese goods by those who fought against those nations in the Second World War. There’s also a certain resentment against the older folk in a family by the younger ones who want to forge new friendships. By the way, you are far more likely to be killed by someone you know as then there’s a reason to have an argument that might lead to violence.
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Sat at the table with the old man I could see he wasn’t smiling
Then he turned to me and said we fought and died for nothing
We won the battle but we lost the peace
If you don’t talk to your neighbour then you can’t be misunderstood
There’s more violence in the household than in any place I know
Family of nations, family of nations
Turned my back on the old man, he was ranting like a maniac
Out of time and out of touch, I didn’t think he meant it
It’s a good thing, this shrinking world
If we learn from one another then we’ll have no cause to fight
Am I naïve or optimistic, change don’t happen overnight
Family of nations, family of nations
Gotta gimme some room to breathe
Don’t push your way of life on me
Looked once more at the old man and then I started thinking
Maybe he did have a point and I began to listen
Deep in my memory something I once read
People seldom murder strangers but kill someone that they know
Gripped with terror I remember the phrase the old man used
Family of nations, family of nations
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