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high time we made a stand
and shook up the views of the common man
and the lovetrain rides from coast to coast
d.j.'s the man we love the most
could you be could you be squeaky clean
and smash any hope of democracy?
as the headline says you're free to choose
there's egg on your face and mud on your shoes
one of these days they're gonna call it the blues
(sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
sowing the seeds of love)
and anything is possible
when you're sowing the seeds of love
anything is possible
sowing the seeds of love
i spy tears in their eyes
and look to the skies for some kind of divine intervention
food goes to waste!
so nice to eat, so nice to tase
politican grannie with your high ideals
have you no idea how the majority feels?
so without love and a promised land
we're fools to the rules of a government plan
kick out the style! bring back the jam!
(chorus)
anything...
sowing the seeds
the birds and the bees
my girlfriend and me
in love
feel the pain
talk about it
if you're a worried man
shout about it
open hearts
feel about it
open minds
think about it
everyone
read about it
everyone
scream about it
everyone
everyone
read about it
read about it
read it in the books
in the crannies and the nooks there are books to read
(mr. england sowing the seeds of love)
time to eat all your words
swallow your pride
open your eyes
time to eat all your words
swallow your pride
open your eyes
high time we made a stand
and shook up the view of the common man
and the lovetrain rides from coast to coast
every minute of every hour
"i love a sunflower"
and i believe
in lovepower
LovePower
LOVEPOWER!!!
(chorus)
sowing the seeds
an end to need
and the politics of greed
with love
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Vocals:
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Roland & Curt
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Originally on:
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The Seeds Of Love (LP)
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Also found on:
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Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Single)
Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) (LP)
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Other Versions:
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Radio Edit (4:04)
Single Version (5:42)
Wen's Overnight Mix (6:48)
Full Version (6:50)
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Perhaps TFF's most politically charged song, 'Seeds' is a Beatles tribute that pays homage to the "all you need is love" attitude of the 1960's while speaking out against the Thatcherism of the time in England. This is the only song on The Seeds Of Love on which Curt Smith shares a writing credit, and also the only appearance of former band regulars Chris Hughes and Ian Stanley (drums and organ respectively) on the album.
"I wouldn't take the credit for this one. A lot of it came and I just picked up on it and tried to assemble it the best I could. Basically I just unscrambled it for everybody else.
For instance, here's an example. "I love a sunflower", right? "I love a sunflower" is a piece of graffiti on a wall near my home. I see it every day. I didn't know what to sing on a guide vocal for the track so I sang that instead of "dada dada dada". Then all of a sudden, "Sowing The Seeds" is just about to come out and the Ecology Party do really well in the Euro-elections and their emblem is the sunflower. I didn't know that, it all seems to be fitting in now. These things are synchronous.
People say "Seeds" is a naive song but I don't have any problem with naivety. People, especially in England, have a tremendous problem with vision and creativity because it's intangible and because they may not themselves be able to materialise their vision, to earth their vision. So I don't have a problem with naivety or the archetype of love because from writing to recording, I'm turning the intangible into the tangible. So if something's naive and full of hope, then if you can make it happen it's fair enough."
-Roland
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