Pundits & Poets

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Pundits and poets, prophets and politicians Turn it up now, turn it up Like a preacher at a foreign mission Hanging on your words Like a crowd at a countdown Things could be worse And we're waiting to hear [Chorus] The sound of hope The winds of change The song of joy A little light in the middle of the page The sound of hope The winds of change The song of joy A little light in the middle of the page ahead [Verse 2] Pundits and poets, prophets and politicians Buyers and sellers and keepers of information Ivory towers look large on my telеvision Between commercials, yeah, tеll us all about your vision of [Chorus] The sound of hope The winds of change The song of joy A little light in the middle of the page The sound of hope The winds of change The song of joy A little light in the middle of the page ahead [Bridge] Shed a little light on it all Shed a little light on it all Shed a little light a little light a little light In the way of an explanation Or just a way to understand Shed a little ray of hope And we'll hold it in our open hand In the way of an explanation We need a way to understand Shed a little ray of hope For the modern woman and the modern man ahead [Verse 3] Pundits and poets, prophets and politicians Stand on a stage, and they leave at the intermission Empty handed we're waiting for a glimpse at the window Out on the street, yeah, somebody yells from the back row [Chorus] It's the sound of hope The winds of change The song of joy A little light in the middle of the page The sound of hope The winds of change The song of joy A little light in the middle of the page ahead Yeah, la la la, la la la, la la la, la la la, ha [Outro] La la la, yeah, la la la, yeah La la la, yeah, la la la, yeah La la la, ay-oh, yeah, la la la, yeah La la la, ay-oh, la la la, yeah (La la la, la la la la la la la) La la la, ay-oh, yeah, la la la, yeah La la la, ay-oh, yeah, la la la, ay-oh La la la, ay-oh