Posted on 04/27/2015 12:30:23 PM PDT by bd476
Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
Till there are no rich no more
I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you
Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey, who needs money, monopoly
I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you
World pollution, there's no solution
Institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor
Them and us, stop the war
I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you
The 1971 hit "I Want to Change the World" was written and sung by Alvin Lee of the British blues rock group Ten Years After.
The group had already received worldwide notice in 1969 at Woodstock, in part due to Alvin Lee's amazing guitar performance which quickly earned him acclaim as the world's fastest guitarist.
* Listen: August 17, 1969 Alvin Lee & Ten Years After at Woodstock performing "I'm Going Home"
In 1971, Ten Years After switched record labels and their first album for Columbia Records "A Space in Time" as well as the single "I Want to Change the World" both became chart-topping hits.
The album hit #17 on Billboard's Top 200 in 1971. The single hit #40 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #28 on Top 100 Singles of U.S. Cash Box.
The link to the video above has the lyrics playing with no photos. The video I've linked below includes video of Alvin Lee and Ten Years After playing live in concert. The promotional video was released around the same time Columbia Records had released the album.
*Look and listen: I'd Love to Change the World
One would almost have to have been there and not suffered much hearing loss since then, in order to appreciate the following. It is strictly for Fans of Alvin Lee and Audiophiles Only. Time to slide up the potentiometer. Sweet!
*For Fans of Alvin Lee and Audiophiles Only: Quadrophonic Mix: Ten Years After "I'd Love To Change The World"
Oooh, forgot about his Carl Perkins/Jerry Lee Lewis tribute in the middle of "I'm Goin' Home" - effortlessly swing from blues to rockabilly and back - mmmmm
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