Art & Culture music & lyrics by Chris James & Laurens Reij 2010

Welcome to this gathering

Over which you may preside

Whatever your polical colour

Nobody should be denied

Your budget is getting smaller

There's not enough fro all

Now you have to decide

You have to make that call

Art and Culture

Its not yours to throw away

Build it up, support it

Let it have its day

Cause Art and Culture

Is all we have left to show

Now the banks have made off with all our money

And government funds are low

I wish you all a lively debate

I hope you make your case

To preserve our town's works of art

Don't let it go to waste

For we are just passing through

We're not here for all that long

But generations still to come

May like to listen to our songs

We're sitting on a gold mine

It's spread all over town

Locked up in the hearts and minds op people

It's nowhere to be found

Well what a dismal outlook

Is that where we want to be

Or would we like to leave our mark

So our grandchildren can see 

Art and Culture

It's not yours to throw away

Build it up, support it

Let it have its day

Now Art and Culture

Is all we have left to show

Now the banks have made off with all our money

And government funds are low