When The World Was Round is a song that is not explicitly political but makes an important social statement yearning for a simpler world and addresses globalization. The original title was When the World Was Young but in any case this is about the off-balance world of today in that some people have nothing and others have too much. Today we are drowning in information but not enough to go on. It is a pop song that Hunter had not written in years. The lyric is about two political parties, Republicans and Democrats, but they are both rotten and lies while we are stuck in the middle. It has a tad of innocence before we find out what the world actually consists of. Hunter expresses the desire to make the world better. A strong lyric is "too much information but not enough to go on."
There is a single radio edit and a live version from 2008.
Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me
When The World Was Round
(Ian Hunter)
Remember the kids in the playground, avoiding the bullies each day
Timing your life to the monsters, the monsters that won't go away
And you win some, you lose some, you ain't got much choice
so you choose one (what have you done)
Everybody lies 'n' we're stuck in the middle
I think I liked it better when the world was round
There's too much information but not enough to go on
I think I liked it better when the world was round
Now that we're older and wiser
Now we got kids of our own
Timing their lives to the monsters
But the monsters won't leave them alone
You win some, you lose some, you ain't got much choice
But it's gotta be done, yeah it's gotta be done
'Cause everybody lies 'n' we're stuck in the middle
I think I liked it better when the world was round
There's too much information but not enough to go on
I think I liked it better when the world was round
I don't wanna put you off it
I don't wanna put you off it
But I think I liked it better when the world was round
And I wish that I could change it
Yes I wish that I could change it
I think I liked it better when the world was round
Is it my imagination
When I look back thru the ages
Is it my imagination
You win some, you lose some
You only got two shots, so you take one
(what have you done)
'Cause everybody lies 'n' we're stuck in the middle
I think I liked it better when the world was round
There's too much information but not enough to go on
I think I liked it better when the world was round
And I don't think we deserve this
No I don't think we deserve this
I think I liked it better when the world was round
Give me a reason to believe in
Give me a reason to believe in
I think I liked it better when the world was round
Maybe we can make it better
Maybe we can make it better
I think I liked it better when the world was round
while Ian yearns for a earlier, simpler world in When The World Was Round.
| When The World Was Round | 4:50 | Originally released on Shrunken Heads. |
| When The World Was Round (single radio edit) | 3:53 | The 'single radio edit' version was originally a single (7-inch vinyl and CD). It can also be found on the box set version of Shrunken Heads. |
| When The World Was Round (live 2nd March 2008) | 3:50 | This live version (recorded at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford England) was issued on Acoustic Shadows (box set only). |
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