THIS REVOLUTION
poem by daevid allen
original music by dave sturt

you & i...
we were born in a time
of revolution...
but this revolution
will not be on TV
thanks to Gil Scott Heron
this revolution
will not sit on your hard drive
or be seen on CCTV
or viewed on MTV.

You will not find
the Android apps of
this revolution.
Cuz this revolution
can not be identified
located
imprisoned or locked up.
This revolution will replace
all those greedy capitalists
who SO fucked up...

This revolution
is from the source
of our thinking
our stories,
dreams,
our poetry...

This revolution
has already begun
inside us
invisibly
invincibly
irrevocably

in our
song lines
our movies
in our children,
in our families...

This revolution
begins one morning
without warning
maybe dawning on you
that you'd just broken thru
the conditioning
that's been holding you back
keepin you off track
off tap
off the script that you-were
put here to follow...
...and that you're always
only visiting...
waiting patiently
for tomorrow.

So you climb outa that hole
n reclaim yr soul purpose
get the fuck outa this circus
this casino economy of
distraction
inaction
mercantile putrefaction

This revolution
does not show up
in the street
it simply guides yr feet
in this music
you will find it
in between the beats
you can never learn it
or work to earn it
cuz its burned
into you at birth

This revolution
is the future seed
that takes root everywhere

This human seed
will save this ancient earth.

This future seed's
just waitin to be watered
by these poems words
n your songs...your stories...

This revolution
is inside you
brotha sista...
we all can see it if we
just let go,
let it grow
n just be it.

Becuz the opposition
cannot find it -cannot own it...
we
HAVE already won
my darlins
we ARE already one
my darlins

THIS REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN...
SHINE ON!
Shine on Love...
Shine on...