We’re not going away (happy birthday Faslane Peace Camp 2012)

• Words & Music: Jane Lewis

(Cho­rus)
We’re not going away,
We’ll be here for as long as it takes (x 2)

(Bass)
Tri­dent, oh Tri­dent has got to go
Yes, Tri­dent has got to go
We’ll stay here.
Tri­dent, oh Tri­dent has got to go
Yes, Tri­dent has got to go.

1. In ’82 the campers came,
   Bear­ing wit­ness at Faslane,
   Sit­ting in the Gare­loch rain
   Day upon day
2. Liv­ing in com­mu­ni­ty,
   Veg­an stew and cups of tea,
   No lead­ers here — we’re break­ing free!
   Day upon day
3. Punks and hip­pies, all the gang
   Stand­ing up against what’s wrang
   Liv­ing an alter­na­tive
   Day upon day
4. One frosty Christ­mas Eve,
   Mali­cious mis­chief up our sleeves,
   There’s San­ta on a sub­ma­rine!
   Day upon day
5. Peace boats dodg­ing sub­marines,
   Made it to the TV screens,
   ‘No Pasaran’ — you’re stop­ping here!
   Day upon day
6. Rain­bows arch­ing o’er the loch,
   Rain­bow actions round-the-clock,
   The mul­ti­coloured arms of peace,
   Day upon day

• We’re not going away (tune) (mp3)
• We’re not going away (top) (mp3)
• We’re not going away (bot­tom) (mp3)

Notes

12th June 2012 was the 30th birth­day of the Faslane Peace camp which start­ed in 1982 as a protest to the nuclear sub­ma­rine base.  The 30th birth­day is being cel­e­brat­ed by 30 days of action at Faslane This song was writ­ten to mark both our ongo­ing com­mit­ment to get­ting rid of nuclear weapons and as a cel­e­bra­tion of the resilience of all those who have borne wit­ness and tak­en action at the base. Vers­es 4–6 all refer to spe­cif­ic actions at Faslane.

BBC News arti­cle: Faslane Peace Camp marks 30 years of protest

Her­ald Scot­land arti­cle: Look­ing back: thir­ty years of the Faslane peace camp

Peace News arti­cle: Faslane’s 30 Days of Action