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Lean On Me
also known as
Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)
One Man, Ten Men

Credits

Words and music by Simon Toulson-Clarke
Produced by David Motion and Chris Hughes
Mixed by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum

Lyrics:

are we happy are we scared? 
are we shouting never heard? 
are we running, running brave? 
are we fighting, making waves? 
the first man he gets up and he says 
"well, can I have a say?" 

singing . . . . 

men on fire pray for rain 
who are madmen, who is sane? 

so ten men they get up and they say 
"well, can we have a say?" 

have we lost the spoken word? 

from the very very young to the very very old 
everybody now say aye 
from the centre of the earth to the corners of the globe 
everyone of you say aye 
nobody better let me down 
mother earth on the other side 

sing on . . . . 

are we happy, are we scared? 
are we shouting, never heard? 

the first man he gets up and he says 
"well, can I have a say?" 
cut of drama, power of sound 
are we progress, don't lose ground? 

ten men they get up and they say 
"well, can we have a say?" 

are we fighting, making waves? 

from the very very young to the very very old 
everybody now say aye 
from the centre of the earth to the corners of the globe 
everyone of you say aye 
nobody better let me down 
we will see on the other side, lean on me 

sing on: ah-li-ayo!

Trivia

- Released as a single on August 17th, 1985.  Remarkably successful, peaking at #3 and remaining Top 10 for five weeks.  Total sales in the UK were more than 250,000.  Complete chart position history was 79-64-48-43-30-18-6-4-3-4-10-14-25-36-55.

Discography Information

Lean On Me
[four minutes, twenty-four seconds]
Appears on...
The Circle And The Square
Lean On Me

Lean On Me [reprise]
[one minute, thirteen seconds]
Appears on...
The Circle And The Square

Lean On Me [dogmatix]
[six minutes, thirty-eight seconds]
Appears on...
Lean On Me

Lean On Me [Vera's husband mix]
[ : ]
Appears on...
Heart Of The Sun

Lean On Me [promotional video]
[three minutes, thirty-seven seconds]
See the Lean On Me promotional video page.

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