This was all over the radio in 1970, but it wasn't a hit. Maybe people who liked Matt Monro didn't want to hear about demonstrations and people who went on demonstrations didn't buy Matt Monro records?
But I've always liked it, and you did find the extra-parliamentary political culture of the era seeping into the charts. Think The Banner Man by Blue Mink or United We Stand by Brotherhood of Man.
After I posted this song in 2009, I received an email from David Matthews, who wrote the music. He explained: "The lyrics were about the lives of my co-writer's ex-fiancées."
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