State of Independence

From the album The Friends of Mr Cairo. Covered by Donna Summer and released as a single by her in 1982. It got to #2 in the British charts Jon & Vangelis released "State of Independence" as a single in 1981, with "Beside" as the B-Side. It was re-released in 1984 and this version peaked at 67 in the UK Singles Chart. Jon Anderson recorded a new version of the song for his solo album Change We Must (1994) and a live acoustic version can be found on his Live from La La Land (2007). Jon Anderson also released a live version with Yes bandmate Rick Wakeman as Anderson/Wakeman.

State of life, may I live, may I love Coming out the sky, I name me a name Coming out, silver word, for what it is It is the very nature of the sound the game Siamese, Indionese To Tibet treat the life as a game, if you please, he Coming up, Carabi This sense of freedom derives from a meditative State Movin' on, "believe" that's it, call it magic Third world, it is, I only guessed it Shablam idi Shublam ida Shublam idi Shublam ida Shublam idi Shublam ida Shot to the soul, the flame of Moroladin The essence of the word The "State of Independence" Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Sounds like a signal from you Bring me to meet your sound And I will bring you to my heart Love like a signal you call Touching my body my soul Bring to me, you to meet me here Say, yeay yeah yeay oooooooh Yeay yeah yeay oooooooh oh-oh-ooooh Be the sound I love today Hey, hey, time, time again, it is said We will hear, we will see See it all, in his wisdom, hear The truth will abound the land This truth will abound the land This State of independence shall be This State of independence shall be Time, time again, it is said We will hear, we will see See it all-in his wisdom-hear This truth will abound the land This truth will abound the land This "State of independence" shall be This "State of independence" shall be This "State of independence" shall be This "State of independence" shall be This "State of independence" shall be This "State of independence" shall be