A PLACE IN THE SUN

I first heard this song in 1968 on the album Soul Fire by The Flames.
The song was written by Ronald Miller and Bryan Wells and was –originally, I think -recorded as a single by Stevie Wonder in 1966.

It was one of Wonder’s first songs to contain a social commentary.

At the time, the song did not mean much to me, but today the lyrics popped up from nowhere and keeps ringing in my head.

I wonder why.

 

Like a long lonely stream I keep running towards a dream Moving on, moving on Like a branch on a tree I keep reaching to be free Moving on, moving on 'Cause there's a place in the sun Where there's hope for everyone Where my poor restless heart's gotta run There's a place in the sun And before my life is done Got to find me a place in the sun Like an old dusty road I get weary from the load Moving on, moving on Like this tired troubled earth I've been rollin' since my birth Moving on, moving on

Kader Khan