Rally 'round the West Indies

For ten long years

We ruled the cricket world

Now the rule seems coming to an end

But down here

Just a ***** in the armour

Is enough, enough to lose a friend

Some of the old generals have retired and gone

And the runs don't come by as they did before

But when the Toussaints go the Dessalines come

We've lost the battle but yet we will win the war

Rally, rally round the West Indies

Now and forever

Rally, rally round the West Indies

Never say never

Pretty soon the runs are going to flow like water

Bringing so much joy to every son and daughter

Say we're going to rise again like a raging fire

As the sun shines you know we gonna take it higher

Rally, rally round the West Indies

Now and forever

Rally, rally round the West Indies

Way Down Under a warrior falls

Michael Holding falls in the heat of the battle

"Michael shoulda left long time!"

I heard an angry brother shout

Caribbean man, that, that, that is the root of our trouble

In these tiny theatres of conflict and confusion

Better known as the isles of the West Indies

We already know who brought us here

And who created this confusion

So I'm begging, begging my people please

Now they are making restrictions and laws to spoil our beauty

But in the end we shall prevail

This is not just cricket, this thing goes beyond the boundary

It's up to you and me to make sure that they fail

Soon we must take a side or be lost in the rubble

In a divided world that don't need islands no more

Are doomed forever to be at somebody's mercy?

Little keys can open up mighty doors