Song text: "Five Years" - "...our recent culture, of studying the Word in groups"

This is the text of the song "Five Years" which was sung on the second day of the conference to the tune of "Fever." Hear it performed in the two embedded videos below!

Five Years

( - 8 bars - )

The Universal House of Justice

Has written all Bahá’ís a note

They say we have to up the auntie

More a paraphrase than direct quote

They gave us five years

Clock is tickin’

More than half way through to date

Five years

The goal in clusters

Is IPG’s in all 28

Let us not forget the children

Nor forget the junior youth

We stand up and we boldly proclaim

That “Humanity is one” is the truth

They gave us five years

No time for resting

Capacity has got to keep pace

Five years

But we’ll be strengthened

Strengthened by His unfailing grace

Everybody’s just got five years

This is something we all know

Five years isn’t such a long plan

It started nearly 3 years ago

( - 4 bars - )

There’s no mistaking our true purpose

We shouldn’t fail to realise

These simple little acts of service

Are a global enterprise

They gave us five years

For us to reach it

Five years to accomplish the goals

Five years

And they beseech Him

Bahá’u’lláh illumine our souls

( - 4 bars - )

Walk straight upon the path of learning

Ignore the trivial pursuit

Appreciate our recent culture

Of studying the Word in groups

They gave us five years

No time for resting

Capacity has got to keep pace

Five years

But we’ll be strengthened

Strengthened by His unfailing grace

Let us now rejoice at one thing

Establishing a rhythm of growth

Consolidation and expansion

Now we need to try to do both

They gave us five years

To build resources

Fives years for our Faith to grow

Five years

To use the framework

Now we need to get up and go

Now we need to get up and go

Now we need to get up and go

Now we need to get up and go

(Written by Dicky Fusco. He has allowed it to be freely shared.)

Performed at the London conference (see other, related clips here):



Performed in Sweden:


Five Years from Ann-Sofie Wensbo on Vimeo.

This is a cover of the song Fever, originally performed by Peggy Lee, now with new words by Dicky Fusco, about the Five Year Plan. This was originally performed by Dicky himself and friends at the Regional Conference in London on the 3-4th of January 2009. This recording though, is from the Swedish follow up conference in Uppsala the weekend after, the 10-11th of January, here performed by Darrel, Sylvia, Ann-Sofie and Leyli. Only just put together that afternoon.... ;-) Enjoy!

Performing "Five Years" at the London conference