Billy Bragg - Bridges Not Walls

Saffiyah Smiles

Angry white men dressed like Elmer Fudd
Shouting something about soil and blood
A woman of colour steps out from the crowd
And does something to make us all proud

Just like Victor Hugo told
"To love is to act" and her act was bold
Bold as love, she made her stand
And with a smile took power from the man

Oh, don't you know
We come together when Saffiyah smiles
All around the world
People come together when Saffiyah smiles

Cosplay Nazis marching in file
Hitler's haircut is back in style
Resistance on the streets of Birmingham
And with her smile she disarms the man, yeah

Oh, don't you know
We come together when Saffiyah smiles
All around the world
People come together when Saffiyah smiles

This is what solidarity looks like, yeah
This is what solidarity looks like
This is what solidarity looks like
This is what solidarity looks like, yeah
This is what solidarity looks like
This is what solidarity looks like



Credits
Writer(s): Billy Bragg
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Other Album Tracks

  1. The Sleep of Reason
  2. King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood
  3. Why We Build the Wall
  4. Saffiyah Smiles
  5. Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
  6. Full English Brexit

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Altri album

  1. The Roaring Forty (1983-2023)
  2. The Roaring Forty (1983-2023) [Deluxe Edition]
  3. My Youngest Son Came Home Today (with Michael Stipe)
  4. The Million Things That Never Happened
  5. Mid-Century Modern
  6. Can't Be There Today - Single
  7. Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC 1983 - 2019
  8. A New England (John Peel Session, 27th July 1983)
  9. Bridges Not Walls
  10. Saffiyah Smiles

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