Vancouvers pride in its diverse communities will be very much on display this coming week, culminating in the August 4 Pride Parade. (For details see pages 8 to 14.) As people attend the festivities, they may hear a lot of a song called Pot of Gold (Rainbow.) The catchy dance tune by Vancouvers Mandrake has been chosen as the 2013 official song by the Vancouver Pride Society. In case you want to sing along, some of the lyrics go like this: ride the rainbow for the pot of gold/ strong, proud, beautiful and bold/ alienated like we from another planet/ now we coming home (equal rights we demand it)/ its ringing in your ears so pick up the phone/ reply via text if nobodys home/ lets march like soldiers off to war/ parade around town, go door to door/ were your mothers, fathers, sons, daughters telling us no hah dont even bother/ that word we wont hear aint coming in clear/ not criminals just a little bit queer/ ride the rainbow together with pride/ times are changing no need to run and hide/ just be yourself that they cant deny/ so lets unify and march with pride.
