I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After ( lyrics )

I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After

[@musicm6154]

Absolutely on point. I grew up in that era.

[@Porscheman1]

Memories of when I was in my late teens (I'm now 69) - after hitting the bars, we would head over to this Donut Shop in Rexdale ON. Where I played the hell out of this song on their Juke Box. The owner had to replace this single twice! Good days, R.I.P. Alvin Lee

[@garyklafta3411]

WELL PEOPLE YOU CAN START OFF BY GETTING DOWN ON YOUR KNEES BEFORE THE LORD AND PRAY ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S WORLD . REPENT AND ACCEPT JESUS NOW . THAT IS HOW WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER .

[@jackbrand-6569]

It's always been the struggle always this song will be timeless because the struggle will always be there.

[@Str8FromMtl]

Im 37, been listening to old rock since forever….but today I just discovered this song and can’t believe I never heard it before. Came here to see the lyrics. Such a masterpiece, life is good!

[@darcmadr6500]

The song was supposed to be a dig at protester singer/songwriters who never accompanied the masses they stirred. But it was so good that the dig got buried in the beauty of its rendition. Oh yeah, and arguably the best guitar solo in history. 1971, Fort Lewis, Washington...my drill sergeant played this over the loudspeakers as we lunged, plunged and parried during bayonet training. Good times.

[@DMF716]

I AM ENVIOUS! RIGHT ON BROTHER! I JOINED THE US ARMY TO AVOID THE DRAFT. NEVER REGRETED IT AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.....11E 30 MOS AND PROUD AS FUCK! MOLON LABE!

[@Exposingyou]

Buried? It was painfully obvious this was a retort to all the hippie bs. Just like steely dans “only a fool would say that” was in response to john lennons obnoxiously pie in the sky song “imagine”.

[@darcmadr6500]

@@Exposingyou ‘Buried’ is a phrase of art. Replace it with overlooked or ignored if that helps.

[@rezenbomb]

Is it possible for a song to be more relevant the older it gets? Yes.

[@strangerinwhite]

YES!!!!!!!

[@Craig-bz3dm]

I just sent this to 3 friends and I said the same exact thing !!! Great minds think alike ☮️☮️

[@rodneyward4236]

Every 10 years after this song is more relevant. Tell me where is s-a-n-i-t-y

[@john90430]

Long before I became politically aware, I would play this song for the awesome guitar work. Once I did become politically aware, it came back to me. "Oh, now I get what he was singing about!"

[@jaapspruitenburg6625]

Might be that it not gets more relevant, but because of the internet inhumanity is coming more aware and these lyrics catch the motives of most of those behaviour. Came here after the movie Minamoto (a must watch, terrific performance of Mr. Depp) , and at the end they sum up (only a small part of) all kind of disasters 'nobody' is responsible for. Especially in the centuries after WWII economy has become the goal instead of the appliance for companies.

[@dennistaylor6486]

I can't believe that there are 53 dullards out there that gave this iconic song a thumbs down!! I was there the day it first hit the radio back in 68 and have loved it ever since.

[@kirstenrichards8558]

They obviously don't want to change the world.

[@dennistaylor6486]

@@kirstenrichards8558 The world changed on its own with some help from the dark staters and judging by what kind of world we live in now it got changed for the worse,much worse!

[@Doc_Holiday]

It was released in 1971 lol

[@dennistaylor6486]

@@Doc_Holiday Written and played in Great Briton in 68 but released in American in 71.

[@Doc_Holiday]

@@dennistaylor6486 odd that they didn't play it @ woodstock and wasn't on the two prior albums.........me thinks no lol

[@carolinenewell5421]

Fantastic song that will last forever.

[@mvg2x34]

Never give up though. I think Alvin Lee and Ten Years After wrote this because he saw the desperation in this world in the late 60’s. He lived on and lives on in this song. We have to live together and keep on.

[@randydubay7770]

Amen brother !

[@staceykelly4211]

A song from my childhood that's a relevant today as it was then. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@vladimirblagojevic5937]

Opening lyrics prophetic...

[@wilsonblauheuer6544]

This really is a masterpiece

[@debbiebutterfield6604]

Could listen to this song all day long, and never get tired of it 🎶

[@nunya4244]

Still great after all these years. Always relevant.

[@danking8379]

Drums battle the Guitar all the way through.Calm man turns angry only eased by a silky chorus ...Pure Magic from start to finish .

[@punusha]

How come I was oblivious of this masterpiece till now ...Glad i found it.🙂

[@AaronJones-uz1fd]

Amen

[@minnesotaphats2363]

This might be the best song ever written. My inner soul has been searching for this song for many years now(46 of them). See you on the other side boys.

[@timtooker8332]

You said it. TT2022 YHWH

[@walterschultheis4090]

One of my all time favorite songs. 50 years later this song can still stand the test of time. Very fitting song in today's world. Timeless masterpiece.

[@steverobinson6253]

Indeed

[@royaldesignpythonsorionjon720]

This is my favorite song now

[@ejrupp9555]

It's the same world ... The media is just more in charge of how it is narrated and digested ... to influence how you should feel about it. It's the same world.

[@bobtaylor3010]

Yes it is

[@ejrupp9555]

@@evanhines9723 Go back to your fantasy world ... bring your portable goal post with you.

[@JeffJohns-bp2nf]

Written 50 years ago and is where we’re at to this day.

[@mitchcarter3906]

First time hearing.. nice to find stuff to add to the playlist

[@jeffbottaro9882]

I am glad I miraculously lived long enough for the cyclic return of this consciousness.

[@valentinasoarescosta2072]

2023 and this song describes exacly what we are living nowadays... Impressive

[@lornabennet2514]

We'd love to change the world - only it is much more impossible now. Thanks for your wonderfull music Alvin - we miss you!

[@TorysSideQuests]

I have heard this song a lot over the course of my life but I just now started to appreciate it for how meaningful is at 20 years of age, makes me wonder what other songs I have passed by without a deeper thought.

[@anthonyraimondo2114]

Hundreds... it's refreshing when it comes together though!

[@wojciechkpawowski8458]

Gdyby nie było naszej ( waszej) muzyki to i nie było by miłości waszej i naszej. Gdy kupowslem dżinsy w Camberwell , Victoria, sprzedawca powiedział : a ja Ci sprzedam ładne jeansy, pasujące jak ulał. Pozdrawiam serdecznie, Wojciech Skrucha.

[@alessandromoon4650]

Timeless music and spot on lyrics!

[@dyland3409]

Im 26 years old and this song is speaking to me and my generation sometimes I think Im the only one truly listening.

[@firefly92581]

I always say it’s all been done before this music works with our current political unrest cause we been here before and we’ll keep returning cause humans never really learn a damn thing

[@terryomalley9669]

Alvin Lee, may he rest in peace, basically blew the roof off the old international amphitheater in Chicago. That was in 1978, to be precise. The old cow palace is gone now, but that was arguably one of the best concerts I've seen. Especially when the encore that they played was good morning little school girl. They were on fire that night.

[@CC-kg8ce]

1975 for me at the good ole amp to see TYA. People were trying to break windows to get in. Seems like AL loved to play there they always killed it.

[@11BravoRVN]

Watch him play/sing I’m Goin’ Home on the Woodstock album. At the end he walks off stage with a well earned watermelon. Jimi Hendrix said “how did he do that?”.

[@mercurusblastomus879]

Players can only ever hope to be endowed with such talent and insight.

[@stratdeluxe1993]

Alvin Lee is a freaking underrated musician

[@jordanmarks518]

Feels like a song for today.

[@kristineburbey4710]

It should be

[@bobbygirl5092]

It's crazy how all these decades later, these lyrics still apply

[@jenkins9104]

We can change the world!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@richardlong6333]

See how far weve come ? " Song Remains the Same".

[@richardlong6333]

@@jenkins9104 not if " but ill leave it up to You" remains the refrain. FreeWill

[@edgedelacruz6342]

This song made such an impact on my life that I decided to contribute to changing the world by changing myself for the better

[@Godskingdomwithin]

“Tell me where is sanity!’” miss you Alvin!!

[@janiceastets5425]

OMG, I haven't heard this in years! Sooo good! I happened to see something on KZbin about them & right away I said, "Gotta hear, I'd Love To Change The World". Oh Wow, that guitar blew me away, I have to listen to it again! 👌😘🎶🎸🎸🎶

[@layladawg9472]

They were so ahead of the game 🙃🙃 GREAT SONG !! 🔥

[@LarreeHollywood]

I had this album in 1971 when I was 13. Played it until the grooves were gone.

[@stevehope6283]

Had this 8-track in 76? And wore it out!! Does that count?😂✌️🎶

[@Ariel-iu7js]

Me too same thing Now it's like a prayer.

[@waynesteinpress6610]

Thanks Everyone. I just played it. I'm remember when I was a kid and went to see them in Stockton. At the end they tear gassed the crowed to get us out. Still a great day.

[@Gpacharlie]

I was 13 then too. I’m older now. Ha! Great song, simple lyrics, simple truth.

[@joefreeman5580]

his guitar sound, is so hauntingly 70"s

[@KevinLoganShim]

Who's here from the Amsterdam trailer?

[@corrineanders6373]

They should play this song out every where

[@rogersmith3929]

Amazing guitar work.

[@mariadelosangelesherremanm9433]

This song is my favourite since I was twelve years old. Today I am 61 years old.

[@stifado1001]

Great band, great song!

[@barkangel7900]

Tell me where is sanity? Came in my sleep the other night. Remember it from childhood and why it resurfaced I have no idea. Must be relevant. Appreciating with you. ❤

[@frankhannibal9752]

I haven’t listened to this song in decades and now realize the lyrics could be a hard right anthem with some homage to the god of libertarianism thrown in for good measure. Interesting that if this were released today it would be considered hateful and divisive. I don’t remember anyone taking offense at the time of it’s release and popularity but then again not many of us paid attention to the lyrics.

[@francadangelo6375]

Beautiful lyrics.. loved them since I was around 13 years old.

[@garyblanchard8570]

Took a while for my mind to catch up yet has been significant ever since

[@markthorp6714]

All of the comments on this song speak to to it's power. As David Byrne might say "same as it ever was". We keep revisiting the same injustices. The impediments to living a life without inequality, hate and prejudice. Will the human race ever wake up and realize there is another way. Value everyone and work together. We can make a better world or continue on the path to destruction.

[@me37594]

He could see were we where headed back them.amazing

[@shanksinha81]

The song is obviously more relevant today than ever as we continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. It was originally written as a reaction to then ongoing war in Vietnam and the follies it entailed. Not that we have learnt anything better today.

[@maf5454]

I'd like to say we didn't learn anything form the last 50 years, but I think we did. Those people making these important decisions like war, money and that sort of thing know better, they don't care. They are making lots of money and that makes it OK, for them. The rest of us have to pay the bill, directly, or indirectly depending on who you are and that bill never will get payed in full, ever. Be well and safe peace to you and yours.

[@cesarejulius5959]

Wonderful song, and it is really actual at these awful times!!!

[@Johneriffic]

Wow, what a beautiful tune. I always thought it was another band until I asked my father. Great musicianship. Love the lyrics

[@rogerf7229]

I'm only curious, wondering what band you were thinking?

[@garyblanchard8570]

Father knows best

[@anitaschvitz9749]

50 years after Ten years after - I'd Love to change the world. Damn...does anything ever change?

[@davidcarrier3273]

Amen

[@TheRonellCross]

The end of The Blacklist S08-E18 brought me, and I'm just glad to be here.

[@williamflack5767]

Me too! I remember it in the 60s! Great song and show!

[@williamflack5767]

I heard it at the end of Black list Friday night. I remember this song growing up. What happened to us? I miss these, times. I was 9 in 69. Our 69 Pontiac Bonneville.

[@sammycareyjr.]

HAVEN'T HEARD THIS SONG FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL HEARING IT ON THE BLACKLIST.

[@tomp.6239]

Watched & enjoyed 1st few seasons, till some SJW messages conveniently planted in the script started, killing any further interest. Hollywood.: They'll do it every time.

[@terryomalley9669]

Vietnam era. Actually came out at the height of the war.

[@jessicabrackmann5956]

I wish seriously that I was born in this era! The music was so dope

[@mikethomas3275]

Yes it was,and is!!! Love to all!!!

[@pauleypavlito6204]

So were the sayings

[@colleenthompsonbishop4457]

Love this so much...I felt this at 16

[@jimfladwood4393]

Thank you for the post!❤

[@SparkyTuttle]

Sometimes the words we write are so real that the world needs time to catch up so that everyone will understand . They should have named the band 50 years after!❤

[@russingle1340]

See,things never change.We are the same as we have always been.

[@groverjackson8017]

This song gave me hope in a world that is so harsh

[@honorableundead2273]

I just heard this song 3 days ago and wow I've listened to it a lot in a very short amount of time. Maybe it's because of the great instrumentation and the messaging paired along with it. Really does feel like I can relate to this song.

[@williamkablach3474]

We look back on those times and long for them. Today's world is more destitute and with a culture of lies.

[@user-oz8xb9wq1v]

Like the holy bible.we are living right now.lov prayers israel, usa ❤

[@sarajparsons8321]

I'd forgotten how relevant this song was. I was 21 when it was released. It's gotten more relevant as time has passed, but it's pertinent now, spot on. God bless and SAVE AMERICA 🇺🇸

[@sarajparsons8321]

Almost prophetic...

[@SinanRawther]

@@sarajparsons8321 yes ma'am

[@newlifelodge]

Yes, wait for “god” to do all the work. Isn’t that sloth?

[@TunaLounge]

I dedicate this to my buddy Mark Bostick..... Love U man

[@garyblanchard8570]

Never gets old. Now our generation z son loves it.

[@skylovecraft2491]

It's my fav song. This song inspired me greatly to become an activist. 💗💗

[@leishaallen95]

I found the song that Describes the whole world ( In case you forgot ) 👇

[@theresamca4440]

Rewind for today. Great guitar solo too.

[@delshoemaker7616]

Breaks my heart that this song is still relevant! Sad but true!

[@josiespringfield4808]

RIP Alvin Lee. Miss you. 😔

[@garyblanchard8570]

We lost the great man and musician too soon

[@lacrissa3273]

Lyrics are dope AF especially nowadays. 🔥

[@kristineburbey4710]

Oh yeah. I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@garyblanchard8570]

Join the club

[@luismoreno9908]

Alvin lo mejor , no existe nada igual , maravilloso , ojalá tuviéramos está música por todos lados . Hoy escuchan solo mierda

[@samswartz2893]

Sounds like Alvin Lee had an epiphany in this song...the lyrics found on line seem to go with "monopoly" but it sure sounds like he says "no more for me"...no matter how many years after...what a great song...what a band...

[@rogerf7229]

They were called Ten Years Later in 1980 or so

[@rodneyward4236]

I hear no more for me.

[@kevinkhaos7673]

Relevant today as when written

[@Poppy41352]

Great song written in a time of turmoil, awareness and activism. The main point of this song is activism. The song was written about song writers and poets who didn’t get in the trenches with the protestors. I’d love to change the world but I don’t know what to do…so I’ll leave it up to you. Of course you can make of it what you will.

[@anthonymaes6960]

Change change... :)

[@ace-of-space]

Stop the war.. feed the poor

[@cindaschuster6725]

Guitar Rock 💙👍🏻

[@frankiemoore1035]

So fitting for today.

[@brendamclain3567]

Who’s here from the The Plumbers? Watergate jokers and this could well be an anthem for the magas. Loved it all my life .😮

[@shaunedwards4893]

The world never changes because people never change.

[@boblaford7765]

Been a favorite of mine from my generation of mid 60's ad 70's

[@Herebycoincidence]

I get that, today, some of the lyrics might not be politically correct, but, nonetheless, I absolutely love this song. Is what it is. I'm all for togetherness, tolerance, kumbaya ... still, this song was in the moment and that moment lives on.

[@markshepherd8413]

I don't know what to do either Man cannot solve these problems it's a condition of the heart.envy, lust, ,greed. Only God can solve them...

[@NGHPassageira]

Atualissimo. Great Alvin Lee!

[@sotosmtz4177]

Αρε κοσμοτε κομματαρα επελεξες τοτε...

[@dimitrisyourfather9030]

Το έψαχνα χρόνια αυτό το τραγούδι γιατί θυμόμουν έπαιζε στη κοσμοτε χαχα

[@michellemaddox6127]

Love this

[@jimmylee2678]

I've been listening to this song a lot lately. Excellent presentation of lyrics! Subscribed. Jimmy Lee in Chicago

[@lovesmarco1]

Look at where we are in 2021 I’m 62.. & this song just popped into my head… Our very Freedoms at stake.. All over the World 🌎.. We are fighting for our Freedoms… I will do what we need to do.. Is Fight back! Take our Country & Freedoms back at all cost. Even till death … This is a clear attack on God & Country ♥️🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✌🏻✝️

[@bobcrane3411]

Amen and God bless. Hope he ears your prayers! 😉 🇫🇷

[@danieldeleon7998]

No turning back now

[@highvelocity3422]

God bless TYA!!!

[@Onlythegoodparts]

God already did and bravo

[@JonvaTheREaLMusiqMentor]

Awesome 🤘🏾

[@discernment7471]

What i can't figure out is why everyone remarks that this song is still relevant today. Why wouldn't it be? Has the world changed? This song was relevant 6000 years ago as it is today. Has humanity's nature changed, truly changed at all? We are in a loop, cycling over and over. Good is evil. Evil is good Good is good. Evil is evil. Good is evil. Evil is good. On and on it goes where it stops only YHWH knows. Those who are ignorant of the past are doomed to repeat it. This endless battle for power & control. Left vs right Red vs blue Haves vs not Man vs woman Black vs white Ahhh... the way they pit us against eachother while laughing in their anonymity. The puppet masters pulling our strings. I say do your worst as you have always done for i am still here and YHWH's Will be done. See ya in Armageddon!

[@mikethomas3275]

Or heaven,your choice,just saying?

[@marcfontenarosa2828]

Use what you just stated, and you will have a new hit single.

[@rogerf7229]

The end is so haunting. I LEAVE IT UP TO YOOOOO - WHOOOoooOo (us, 50 years from then.) OH yeah!

[@cayweinel5340]

One love PMA(positive mental attitude)

[@DavidByers1eye]

Thank You . . . .

[@jinglekringlemiller4058]

OMG this song is so prevalent right now........

[@ieatbookz]

idk about this song being entirely timeless considering the first verse is saying that "dykes and fairies" are a divergence from sanity.

[@Anna-fy6xb]

literally why is no one talking about that??

[@Anna-fy6xb]

after a quick internet search I think they are voicing the words of others who used these words

[@positivebuoyancy8841]

Now it's Fifty Years Before

[@CJ--]

Before?

[@rogerf7229]

@@CJ-- yeah he means the song was written 50 years before now 10 Years After = band name