The Tide Is Turning [After Live Aid] lyrics

I used to think the world was flat

Rarely threw my hat into the crowd

I felt I had used up my quota of yearning

Used to look in on the children at night

In the glow of their Donald Duck light

And frighten myself with the thought of my little ones burning

But ooh, the tide is turning

The tide is turning

Satellite buzzing through the endless night

Exclusive to moonshots and the world title fights

Jesus Christ, imagine what it must be earning

Who is the strongest, who is the best

Who holds the aces, the East or the West

This is the crap that our children are learning

But ooh, the tide is turning

[Ooh] The tide is turning

The tide is turning

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

Now the satellite's confused

'Cause on Saturday night

The airwaves were full of compassion and light

And his silicon heart warmed to the sight

Of a billion candles burning

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

The tide is turning Billy

I'm not saying the battle is won

But on Saturday night all those kids in the sun

Wrested technology's sword from the hands of the warlords

Ooh, the tide is turning

Ooh, the tide is turning

The tide is turning Sylvester

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Ooh, the tide is turning]

[Morse Code:] "That's it!

Now the past is over but you are not alone

Together we'll fight Sylvester Stallone

We will not be dragged down in his South China Sea

Of macho bullshit and mediocrity"

• Artist:Roger Waters
• Album:Radio K.A.O.S. 1987