Songwriter: Robin Gibb Barry Gibb
Producer: Arif Mardin
In the streets of New York City
Every man can feel the cold
And I don't want no pity
But I want my story told
And the lights shine down on me
They shine on the little boy
Is this way to make him pay
Being born in a world of joy?
But like me, he don't know where he'll go wrong
He won't cry so many tears
Till he finds out why he don't belong
Like me, there's no room for us out there
You can lose your hope and pride
When it comes to broken dreams
You'll get your share
Sometimes a man breaks down
And the good things he is looking for
Are crushed into the ground
Get on up, look around
Can't you feel the wind of change?
Get on up, taste the air
Can't you see the wind of change?
Don't you understand what I'm saying?
We need a god down here
A man to lead us children
Take us from the valley of fear
Make the lights shine down on us
Show us the road to go
Help us survive, make us arrive
Teach us what we need to know
Like me, he don't know where he'll go wrong
He won't cry so many tears
Till he finds out why he don't belong
Like me, there's no room for us out there
You can lose your hope and pride
When it comes to broken dreams
You'll get your share
Sometimes a man breaks down, down, down down, down
And the good things he is searching for
Are crushed into the ground
Get on up, look around
Can't you feel the wind of change?
Get on up, taste the air
Can't you see the wind of change?
Get on up, look around
Can't you feel the wind of change?
Get on up, taste the air
Can't you see the wind of change?
Get on up, look around
Can't you feel the wind of change?
Get on up, taste the air
Can't you see the wind of change?
Every man can feel the cold
And I don't want no pity
But I want my story told
And the lights shine down on me
They shine on the little boy
Is this way to make him pay
Being born in a world of joy?
But like me, he don't know where he'll go wrong
He won't cry so many tears
Till he finds out why he don't belong
Like me, there's no room for us out there
You can lose your hope and pride
When it comes to broken dreams
You'll get your share
Sometimes a man breaks down
And the good things he is looking for
Are crushed into the ground
Get on up, look around
Can't you feel the wind of change?
Get on up, taste the air
Can't you see the wind of change?
Don't you understand what I'm saying?
We need a god down here
A man to lead us children
Take us from the valley of fear
Make the lights shine down on us
Show us the road to go
Help us survive, make us arrive
Teach us what we need to know
Like me, he don't know where he'll go wrong
He won't cry so many tears
Till he finds out why he don't belong
Like me, there's no room for us out there
You can lose your hope and pride
When it comes to broken dreams
You'll get your share
Sometimes a man breaks down, down, down down, down
And the good things he is searching for
Are crushed into the ground
Get on up, look around
Can't you feel the wind of change?
Get on up, taste the air
Can't you see the wind of change?
Get on up, look around
Can't you feel the wind of change?
Get on up, taste the air
Can't you see the wind of change?
Get on up, look around
Can't you feel the wind of change?
Get on up, taste the air
Can't you see the wind of change?
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Main Course (1975)
- Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live (1977)
- Greatest (1979)
Bee Gees popular songs
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Stayin’ Alive
- You Should Be Dancing
- To Love Somebody
- I Started a Joke
- More Than a Woman
- Too Much Heaven
- Night Fever
- Words
- Tragedy
- Islands in the Stream
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Massachusetts
- Emotion
- You Win Again
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
- Alone
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
- Holiday
- Love You Inside Out
- Nights on Broadway
- Rest Your Love on Me
- World
- Jive Talkin’