Bruce hornsby and the range

The song topped the charts in the US, Canada and the Netherlands in , [ 4 ] and peaked inside the top twenty in such countries as Australia, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The opening verse recounts a story taking place at a line for welfare that illustrates a divide between the rich and poor ; the second verse recounts ongoing social issues from the voice of someone supporting racial segregation.

The final verse recounts the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act in "to give those who ain't got a little more", and the Civil Rights Act of as a victory in the civil rights movement against job discrimination, but insists that more is needed. Hornsby's brother John said, "The song is mainly about compassion, about understanding racial and social types, and beliefs and practices that are different from your own.

It's about a status quo that's so complacent in its narrow-mindedness and bigotry that it seems it'll never change. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.

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