Name: Mr Mayor
Duration: P00H04M15S
Description: 'This track was written as a 1970s style protest song about Wellington's social/infrastructure/housing ills' (Paul D)

Mr Mayor

by Pōneke Gin Club

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'This track was written as a 1970s style protest song about Wellington's social/infrastructure/housing ills' (Paul D)

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Now Mr Mayor, can you explain this scene?
Cos the Mob is in the park, after dark, selling drugs to teens
And Mr Mayor, why can’t you see?
That Courtenay Place, it aint safe, even though I want it to be

Time to stand up, stand up to the man
Cos the power, the power’s in our hands,
Time to stand up, and shout our demands, oh yeah
Cos the power, the power’s in our hands

Mr Mayor, I do declare, we need repairs on every street
Cos there’s too much sewage running under our children’s feet
Dead rats in mouldy flats, you know they can’t pay their rent, oh no
Now Mr Mayor, aint these the things, that you’re supposed to prevent?

Time to stand up, stand up to the man,
Cos the power, the powers in our hands
Time to stand up, and shout our demands, oh yeah
Cos the power, the powers in our hands

Mr Man, what’s your plan? Gonna increase our rates?
Won’t help the patched up, sleeping rough, steal away from their fates
Now Mr Mayor, don’t you think that it’s time for a change? Oh yeah
Cos Mama said, don’t forget, that's something that we can arrange

Time to stand up, stand up to the man,
Cos the power, the powers in our hands,
Time to stand up, and shout our demands, oh yeah

Time to stand up, stand up to the man,
Cos the power, the powers in our hands,
Time to stand up, and shout our demands, oh yeah

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released March 10, 2022
Chords: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/4106119

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Pōneke Gin Club Wellington, New Zealand

The Pōneke Gin Club is a Wellington-based musical collective born in 2021 out of pandemic tedium.

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