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Pete​’​s New Song 2008

from For Pete's Sake by Not The Day Job

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Narrative:
“This song is a bit like the one Pete penned about Don Brash (Make Don Uncomfortable). He wrote the words for this song about the prospect of a John Key-led government at the 2008 general election. The ‘time for a change’ refrain was commonly heard in relation to Helen Clark’s Labour-led government. But change to what? Peter saw a National Party that was still committed to shifting more wealth into the hands of the rich and eroding the rights of working people and their unions. There was never a tune to go with Peter’s words. My workmate Sue Windsor suggested the arrangement of spoken word in the verses and singing in the chorus’s. Thanks Sue!” – RT

lyrics

Some say it’s time for a change
Change the management - but not much policy
‘Tis the season of hypocrisy
We want to wind things up
Not wind them back
There’s unfinished business
Of a better kind
So let’s get organised this year

Change in direction, not on your life
We want a change in gear, not more trouble and strife
Their hidden agenda is becoming clear
Been a lot done - but there’s more to do
We want more rights not less - and better pay too
So let’s get organised this year

The fourth week’s leave
Will be for sale
The same as our health service
Schools and mail
Small government, small minds - privatise
First ninety days
Of your job
You will have no rights
All to please John Key’s mob
So let’s have it, let’s get organised this year

Change in direction, not on your life
We want a change in gear, not more trouble and strife
Their hidden agenda is becoming clear
Been a lot done - but there’s more to do
We want more rights not less - and better pay too
So let’s get organised this year

credits

from For Pete's Sake, released May 1, 2017
Words and Music Peter Conway and Ross Teppett

Vocals – Bill Newson, Ross Teppett, The Solidarity Sisters *
Piano – Ross Teppett *
Guitar – George Hollinsworth *
Violin – Lisa Beech *
Bass – Nick Bollinger *
Drums - Kieran Monaghan

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Not The Day Job Wellington, New Zealand

In the early 2000s Peter Conway founded Not The Day Job, a band made up of trade unionists and community activists who would regularly meet and play their brand of political folk songs to diverse audiences. When Peter passed away suddenly in 2015, NTDJ made the decision to record an album of his songs. For the recording NTDJ imported manywonderful friends and colleagues to augment the production. ... more

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