Good Fair World

I wrote and recorded the title track of my album Good Fair World in 2008. This was long before covid, proud boys, or the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

I wrote and recorded the title track of my album Good Fair World in 2008. This was long before covid, proud boys, or the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

My thinking was, world problems seem simple enough to solve, so why don’t we? Is that naive? We never seem to have enough facts to be sure of anything. This was true then and now that trust in the news and our leadership seems to be a trending problem all over, I feel like this little song is sadly gaining in relevance. But am I being sarcastic or optimistic? Both, obviously.

Good Fair World

Music and Lyrics- Jan Randall

All we need is a good world
Good world’s all we need
All we need is a good world
Good world’s all we need

Read your book on the beach
Drink not too far outa reach
A good world is really all we need.

All we need is a fair world
A fair world’s all we need
All we need is a fair world
Fair world is really all we need

Where night is night
And day is day
Do your work and Collect your pay
A fair fair world is really all we need

So let an inch be an inch
And a pound be a pound
Let Up be up
And Down be down
When you join the game
And ya pay your dues
Let the winners win
Let the losers lose

All we need is a nice world
Nice world’s all we need
All we need is a nice world
Nice world’s all we need

We’ll keep square as square
And round as round
Keep our heads in the air
And our feet on the ground
We’ll never never let the good guys fail
Make all the bad guys go to jail
We could heal the sick
We could feed the poor
Tie dye our shirts
Make love not war

A fair world is really all we need
A nice world is really all we need
A good good fair fair world is really all we need.

The fine line between naive optimism and an endless eternal cloud of doom

Author: Jan Randall

JAN RANDALL is a 🎼Composer/Songwriter living in 🇨🇦Victoria BC CANADA His musical creativity has led him down various roads. This is a part of the story so far. 🎭 Songwriter/Performer for CBC's The Irrelevant Show. 💿 Good Fair World (solo album) 2008 📡 CKUA Radio Host 2005-2008 📡 800+ Original Soundtracks/Studio Owner 1985-2006 🏅Ceremonies for the 2001 World Championships in Athletics (Musical Director and Composer) 🏆Music Director for the Banff World Media Festival 1995-2005 🎭 Music Director for Second City (Santa Monica, Deerhurst, Toronto, Edmonton) 1981-1989 ✈︎ Jesus Christ Superstar World Tour 1970 💻More Info Available in Wikipedia (Jan Randall) 🎶 AF of M Local 246 Lifetime Member ( Board) 2016-2021 🎶 Guild of Canadian Film Composers (Board) 1996-2006
 🎓University of Alberta (Theory and Composition) 1975 🎓North Texas State University 1976 🎓Banff School of Fine Arts 1977 JAN RANDALL IS CURRENTLY TEACHING AT 🎓 University of Victoria 🎓 Victoria Conservatory of Music

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