Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Music video from the London, U.K. Baha'i conference.

Contributed by Jimbo:


Hey! Check out this video from the recent London, U.K. Baha'i conference.
Just love the "Five Years" song sung to the melody of "You give me fever".  Lyrics below.



 
Five Years

( - 8 bars - )


The Universal House of Justice

Has written all Bahá’ís a note

They say we have to up the auntie

More a paraphrase than direct quote


They gave us five years

Clock is tickin’

More than half way through to date

Five years

The goal in clusters

Is IPG’s in all 28


Let us not forget the children

Nor forget the junior youth

We stand up and we boldly proclaim

That “Humanity is one” is the truth


They gave us five years

No time for resting

Capacity has got to keep pace

Five years

But we’ll be strengthened

Strengthened by His unfailing grace


Everybody’s just got five years

This is something we all know

Five years isn’t such a long plan

It started nearly 3 years ago


( - 4 bars - )


There’s no mistaking our true purpose

We shouldn’t fail to realise

These simple little acts of service

Are a global enterprise


They gave us five years

For us to reach it

Five years to accomplish the goals

Five years

And they beseech Him

Bahá’u’lláh illumine our souls


( - 4 bars - )


Walk straight upon the path of learning

Ignore the trivial pursuit

Appreciate our recent culture

Of studying the Word in groups


They gave us five years

No time for resting

Capacity has got to keep pace

Five years

But we’ll be strengthened

Strengthened by His unfailing grace


Let us now rejoice at one thing

Establishing a rhythm of growth

Consolidation and expansion

Now we need to try to do both


They gave us five years

To build resources

Fives years for our Faith to grow

Five years

To use the framework

Now we need to get up and go

Now we need to get up and go

Now we need to get up and go

Now we need to get up and go

 

(Written by Dicky Fusco. He has allowed it to be freely shared.)

(cited on this blogspot web site: 

 http://post-london-regional-bahai-conference.blogspot.com/


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