From the recording Mayday!
This song isn't just about Frome. "We are ready for a new way to develop, with long-term thinking that creates lasting benefits for our communities, rather than relying on short-term decisions driven by profit." (Holly Lawson) I realised that - if we could pull this off here - it would set a precedent for communities everywhere to shape the future of their local area.
Lyrics
It started by the wooden crocodile
On the riverside at sunrise
A Beltane group gathered to find
Solutions to the housing crisis
Can't help but wonder why people's homes are a commercial enterprise?
Don't wanna go to war but what do we do when the frontline's our front door?
CHORUS: (So we're shouting...)
Mayday! Mayday! Save our town! We won’t back down
Mayday! Mayday! Don’t let our flagship run aground!
Mayday! Mayday! Saxonvale should be a lighthouse
A cobbled street that has a stream
Running through the middle of it
Traders outgrow and have to leave
And with them all their profit
Can't fault the local plan: create more jobs, business to expand
Don't wanna rock the boat but this brownfield has always kept Frome afloat
CHORUS
The system is broken so we got all the folk in
Asked what they needed and with this we seeded
A mixed-use bespoke plan, the locals have spoken
Community spaces, no bland-box estate please
Provision for flood plains, a vision that sustains
No to your loopholes, power to the people
Our hearts are burning and the tide is turning
Don't need your Acorn, we're planting an oak in our town, our town
There's no place like home, we've a beacon of hope for towns, all around
(So we're shouting loud...)
Mayday! Mayday! Let’s own our town, and not back down!
Mayday! Mayday! Don't let our flagship run aground!
Mayday! Mayday! Saxonvale could be our lighthouse x 3
A beacon of hope for towns, all around x 3