Stand and Fight
Andy’s second piece, ‘Stand and Fight’, again began as rap-type lines, but converted easily to ballad form. ‘Stand and Fight’ was sung by Thames Valley Male Voice Chorus on Radio Berkshire in April 2009.

Stand and Fight
All my life through
I’ve tried to do what’s right
I know no other way
But to stand and fight
I’m feeling so up
Yet I’m locked down in the night
I’m hypeing so much
Like I could take flight

I’ve stood out from the rest
Stepped into the breach
Where war stuck to me
Like a bloody leech

I’ve seen gunshot eyes
Heard shrieks all around
Traded tit for tat
Paid pound for pound

Now I stand in the valley of wrong
And the soil falls through my fingers
And all I feel is despair
A dark despair that lingers

I live for the time
Which I’ll never know
When a man like me
Can learn to love and grow

Oh I’m feeling so up
Locked down in the night
I’m hypeing so much
Like I could take flight
All my life through
I’ve tried to do what’s right
I know no other way . ..

Andy B