Speakersʼ Corner

[Verse 1]

I have a newfound sympathy

For the madman in the square

Rants and raves his rhetoric

Into the midday air

His heartfelt pleas and arguments

But the sense no longer there

The sound ascends to heaven

Like the incense in a prayer

[Chorus]

Speakers' corner, there it stands

In politics or song

For trying everything you feel

Whether it is right or wrong

[Verse 2]

The doomsday prophet

Whose words have all come true

The naysaying soothsayer

So cynical and blue

Has now become more like a child

Bewildered and confused

I keep on believing

It’s what I know how to do

[Chorus]

Speakers' corner, there it stands

In politics and song

When it's time to tell your tale

Don’t wait too long

[Verse 3]

All those full of wind and air

Who howl and rant and rave

Screaming out distorted facts

About the souls they save

Promising the miracles

And pocketing the cash

Pretending they have principles

Preaching only ash

[Chorus]

And it grieves me when I see

The people on parade

Parroting the things they hear

Never think to be afraid

The speakers' corner, there it stands

In politics and song

I guess we better use it now

Before we find it gone