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- What a time it was
- With so few friends to turn to
- What a time it was
- When all we did seemed wrong
- We'd broken all our bonds and the battle plan was drawn
- What a time, what a time it was.
- 1965, the year of UDI
- Who'd have though the country would survive or stay alive
- The UN made us outcasts
- The British said we couldn't last
- That we'd fall when the oil did not arrive
- Now I don't say we were right
- And I don't say we were wrong
- I'm just trying to tell it like it was in simple song
- You see when people love their home land
- They regard it as their own land
- And they fight, whether they're right or they are wrong
- What a time it was
- With all the world against us
- But not all we did was wrong
- We'd broken all our bonds but life kept going on
- What a time, what a time it was
- 1966 saw some ocean politics
- when two men climbed a taiga to have talks about the talks
- they talked and talked and talked and talked
- and talked and talked some more
- the negotiations ended in deadlock
- And in 1968 there was another great debate
- This time aboard The Fearless
- But the end was much the same
- November saw a new flag raised while the people prayed for better days
- And hope was still the surname of the game
- And in 1970 our Republic came to be
- Solutions seemed to fly a little further out of reach
- But the next year through the gloom came Sir Alec Douglas-Home
- And it seemed they'd found a way across the breach
- So in early '72, Lord Pierce and his retinue arrived to put the nation to a test that they had planned
- but still it seemed the plan was bad, no better than the last we'd had
- and "no''s the word we heard across the land
- What a time it was
- With all the world against us
- What a time it was
- When all we did seemed wrong
- We'd broken all our bonds and the battle plans seemed drawn
- What a time, What a time it was
- 1975 and Mr. Vorster had arrived with president Kaunda for some talks across the folds
- But nothing there could be resolved, the problem there was too involved
- And the impetus there slowed down until it stalled.
- 1976 was when cosmopolitics finally put pressure on the players in the game
- Kissinger's proposals were broadcast to the nation with one man and one vote the final game
- Well, Geneva should have sealed it, but instead it just revealed that all the players in the game were pulled apart
- Well they had to find a way to start again another day with all prepared to take a peaceful part
- What a time it was with all the world against us
- What a time it was
- When all we did seemed wrong
- We'd broken all our bonds but the battle carried on
- What a time, what a time it was
- Now in 1978 while the rest still vacillate
- We found a way to work it out within the land
- Never mind the rest, what we're doing's for the best
- When all we want is a peace we understand
- There'll be votes for all the folks
- And with sanctions gone we hope
- To rebuild this little country to a proud and single nation
- We've got to end this dreadful war
- We've found what we've been fighting for
- Will the world wake up and stop this conflagration
- What a time it's been so few friends to turn to
- What a time it's been
- When all we did seemed wrong
- We're trying to put things right but the battle still goes on
- What a time, what a time it's been
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