DESCRIPTION:
Written by John Kongos, Christos Demetriou, and Jack Russell for Derek Ford's 1969 film of the same name (a.k.a A Promise of Bed).

Lyrics:

This is the way you say it's always been
And this is the way that you say it's gonna stay

That is the wrong thing, and this the right thing
He is a queer thing, and it's not the white thing to do
But that's the past, and that's the last I wanna hear

You keep on sayin' this, and he keeps on sayin' that
You got me never knowin' just where I'm at

Imagination, repatriation, what's your vocation?
We're just a nation unseen
But that's the past, and that's the last I wanna hear
But that's the past, and that's the last I wanna hear

So (we have a need, we have a need)
(We have a need, we have a need)
I've had enough of this, I've had enough of that
(We have a need, we have a need)
And now the other thing
(We have a need, we have a need)
You try to tell me "yes sir," "no sir," "yes sir,"
(We have a need, we have a need)
Had enough of this

This is the way you say it's always been
And this is the way that you say it's gonna stay

That is the wrong thing, and this the right thing
He is a queer thing, and it's not the white thing to do
But that's the past, and that's the last I wanna hear

(We have a need…)