People Person

from Young Eyes Burning Bright by Worldview

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There are saints among us
And saints below
Where they end up
Some before their time
Got the measure of life
And yet they still decide
To get in there
With their dreams rolled up

That every little little helps
And never in it for themselves
They’re born under another star
But show us that it’s not so far

You were a people person
You found people worth it
You were a people person
Who saw people hurting

So he shot you down
On the latest round
Of your mission
Oh how we’ve been robbed
And we came together
And shared a pledge
For the future
Though we’ve parted since

Still every little little helps
And someone’s channelling you themselves
Somebody who’ll perpetuate
The battle of love over hate

You were a people person
You let people hurt you
You were a people person
Who got people working

There are saints among us
Who don’t stop to ponder
They adopt the struggle
Like there’s no way other

When it cut you down
You had just got out
Of the smog
Of a working life
Found a world to be changed
And if God was your game
Doesn’t matter
It’s the thought that counts

There’ll never be a kingdom come
Not down here nor above the sun
But the way around religious speak
Is to take it allegorically

You were a people person
You found people worth it
You were a people person
Who decreased their burdens
You were a people person
You’ve left people hurting
You were a people person
Now there’s people worsening

There are saints among us
Who don’t stop to ponder
They adopt the struggle
Like there’s no way other
And the saints among us
Are our sons and mothers
But they’re unconnected
To our dread of peril

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from Young Eyes Burning Bright, released April 23, 2021

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Worldview UK

Worldview is the alias of Oliver Shaw, an Oxford UK-based songwriter, performer and producer mingling rock, pop, dance and folk with insightful lyrics and an overarching melodic sensibility.

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