[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