[Refrain: Linton Kwesi Johnson]

To us who were of necessary birth, for the Earth's hard and thankless toil, silence has no meaning

To us who were of necessary birth, for the Earth's hard and thankless toil, silence has no meaning

[Interlude]

[Refrain: Linton Kwesi Johnson]

Silence has no meaning

Silence has no meaning

Silence has no meaning

[Interlude]

[Refrain: Linton Kwesi Johnson]

To us, to us, to us, to us, to us, to us, to us

To us who were of necessary birth, for the Earth's hard and thankless toil, silence has no meaning

To us who were of necessary birth, for the Earth's hard and thankless toil, silence has no meaning

To us who were of necessary birth, for the Earth's hard and thankless toil, silence has no meaning

To us who were of necessary birth, for the Earth's hard and thankless toil, silence has no meaning

Silence has no meaning

[Outro: Linton Kwesi Johnson]

Silence has no meaning

Silence has no

Silence has no meaning

To us who were of necessary birth, for the Earth's hard and thankless toil, silence has no meaning

To us who were of necessary birth, for the Earth's hard and thankless toil, silence has no meaning