February 15th 2003

8 years old I walked out with the biggest crowd in the street

You poured your heart into Hyde Park, we were wowed with a speech

Opposed the war and defended the powerless powerfully



15 years later I met you, the man we’ve always known you are

No camera crew attached to you, just there supporting local art

Showing heart, you spoke to everybody in the room

Then I turned on the telly, saw those topics in the news



Cropping and chopping you into a sacrificial lamb

How they said you, of all people, were anti-this-and-that

How it never stopped you carrying that Palestinian flag

The man we didn’t deserve, but the man I wish we’d had



Should’ve been leader for years, if not for leeches for peers

And media smears misleading people all feeding their fears

When we think of those dying we cry the deepest of tears

Knowing how much you’d have cared for them, has that dream disappeared?



No, cause you change a way of thinking, a collective state of mind

You elevated lives, I know you elevated mine

Inspired belief into people who’d have never raised a sign

And we’ll see the fruits of your labour in a generation’s time



The many in the streets, who sang Let’s Vote Labour

Took the fight to the front door from the echo chamber

You gave voices to the dead lives, that never made the headlines

History will forget lies and paint you in the best light



And at the very least, this could be the learning curve

You changed politics, from a dirty word for circle jerks

You were the early bird, out here unearthing worms

Next time their words won’t hurt cause we’ve already heard the worst



2017 MP’s in senior positions

Worked against their own party, seeking division

Cornered the cause, call it corporate corporal punishment

2 and a half thousand votes from forming a government



December 12th 2019, I’m awake all night

Just thinking of the vulnerable people sentenced that day to die

For 5 years of a prejudiced killer and callous ways of life

Next day I read Tommy Corbyn’s letter and it made me cry



Thank you for empowering the people with empty hands

Thank you for believing we can dream of a better land

Thank you for being you and helping me be a better man

The best MP we ever had and PM we never had



Thank you Corbyn, for all the hope you’ve inspired

Thank you Corbyn, for showing us light and stoking the fires

Thank you Corbyn, and sorry the country voted for liars

Thank you Corbyn, thank you Corbyn.



Thank you Corbyn, for all the hope you’ve inspired

Thank you Corbyn, for showing us light and stoking the fires

Thank you Corbyn, and sorry the country voted for liars

Thank you Corbyn, thank you Corbyn.