What A Time

They regard it as their own land C And they fight whether they're right or they are wrong [Chorus] C Am G What a time it was F G With so few friends to turn to C Am G What a time it was F G When all we did was wrong F G We'd broken all our bonds C Am G And the battle plan was drawn F G C What a time it was [Verse] C In 1966 saw some ocean politics C When two men climbed the Tiger G To have talks about the talks G They talked, and talked, and talked, and talked G And talked, and talked some more C The negotiations ended in deadlock [Verse] C And in 1970, our republic came to be C Solution seemed to fly G A little further out of reach G But the next year through the gloom G Came Sir Alec Douglas-Home C And it seemed they found a way across the bridge [Verse] C So in early '72, Lord Pearce and his retinue C Arrived to put the nation G To a test that they had planned G But still it seemed the plan was bad G No better than the last they had C And those words we heard across the land [Chorus] C Am G What a time it was F G With all the world against us C Am G What a time it was F G When all we did seemed wrong F G We'd broken all our bonds C Am G And the battle plan was drawn F What a time G C What a time it was [Verse] C 1975, and Mr. Vorster had arrived C With President Kaunda G For some talks across the falls G But nothing there could be resolved G The problem still was too involved C And the impetus slowed down until it stalled [Verse] C 1976 was when cosmopolitics C Finally put pressure G On the players in the game G Kissinger's proposal G Was broadcast to the nation C With one man and one vote the final aim [Chorus] C Am G What a time it was F G With so few friends to turn to C Am G What a time it was F G When all we did seemed wrong F G We'd broken all our bonds C Am G F And the Battle plan was drawn F What a time G C What a time it was [Verse] C Now, in 1978, we're still waiting for a sign C But we found a way to work it out G Within the land G We'll never mind the rest G What we're doing's for the best C And all we want is a peace we understand [Verse] C There'll be votes for all the folks C And with sanctions gone, we hope C To rebuild this little country G To a proud and single nation G We've got to end this dreadful war G We found what we've been fight for C Will the world wake up and stop this conflagration [Chorus] C Am G What a time it's been F G With so few friends to turn to C Am G What a time it's been F G When all we did seemed wrong F G We're trying to put things right C Am G But the battle still goes on F What a time G C What a time it was F What a time G C What a time it was