Promised You A Miracle

Martha Wainwright and Jim Kerr  recorded an original version of the iconic Simple Minds song ‘Promised You a Miracle’, to draw attention to the hundreds of thousands of women still dying from avoidable complications in childbirth and pregnancy.

Ten years ago world leaders signed up to the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), which commit to halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. The MDGs included a target to reduce maternal mortality rates by three-quarters by 2015. This target is now the most severely off-track of all the MDGs.  These are the biggest promises world leaders have ever made to put people first, and to build a world without poverty.

But unfortunately, these promises are still off track.

• 350,000 women and girls are still dying every year as a result of complications in pregnancy and childbirth.
• The vast majority of maternal deaths are avoidable when women have access to vital health care before, during and after birth.

∞  Jim Kerr + Martha Wainwright  ↓  2010

Promised you a miracle
Belief is a beauty thing
Promises promises
As golden days break wondering
Chance as love takes a train
Summer breeze and brilliant light
Only love she sees
He controls on love
Love sails to a new life

I promised you a miracle
Belief is a beauty thing
Promises promises
As golden days break wondering
Only love she sees
He controls on love
Life mirrors a cure
Everything is possible with promises
Everything is possible
Oh no

Chance lost pearls of great price
Take care of family
Only aches for love
Love waits for fame
In chance in chance they’ll see

You promised me a miracle
Belief is a beauty thing
Promises promises
As golden days break wondering

Promises promises … You give me promises …