July 13th 1985
Was the day we watched Live Aid
The Global Jukebox came alive
We fed the world that day
We fed the world that day
It was a day for a party we made a lot of food
And we ate it sure as hell
Vegetarian salads without any meat
There was leftovers as well
Everybody laughed when I said
Thinking of the people either dying or dead
"Let's pick up the leftovers
Send them to the starving children in Ethiopia"
(My mother used to say that)
Sure I was pleased to give money
Cause it was not a political cause
I just remember the smiling faces
The music and the applause
I spent thirty quid on coke
I smoked a little too much dope
I was wiped out from five til seven
I missed Spandau Ballet and The reformed Who
July 13th 1985
Was the day we watched Live Aid
The Global Jukebox came alive
We fed the world that day
We fed the world that day
The music was fucking brilliant
And that Madonna she sure can move
By the time Paul McCartney's microphone had failed
We were all well into the Live Aid groove
And Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney sang...
Which must have been a bit of an irony
Cos if you "Let it Be" nothing will ever improve
But it was one of the first times I ever heard
One of the real Beatles
Sing a real Beatles' song live on television
I was really moved
July 13th 1985 was the day we watched Live Aid
The Global Jukebox came alive
We fed the world that day
We fed the world that day
Well the powerful voice of pop music
Solve the problems, feed the world
So what if there weren't any blacks involved
There was Everything but the Girl
Bob Geldof has no ego
That man should get the Nobel Prize
By the time he sang the solo on Feed the World
I thought he should be canonized
I felt guilty about the starving but I felt good to be alive
And I must admit I shed a tear or two
In the very moving video for the great Cars song Drive
Saint Bob made me feel like shit
So I got out an envelope, opened it
Put in a very crisp ten pound note
It was the same one I used earlier to snort my coke
And that made me feel good inside
July 13th 1985 was the day we watched Live Aid
The Global Jukebox came alive
We fed the world that day
We fed the world that day