Open The Door

[Intro: spoken, close and pointed]
They call the welcome sign a cost.
Then count the shops that never opened.

[Verse 1: spoken rhythmic delivery]
A name crossed out before the interview
A locked front door with a polished view
A bright idea left outside the room
A town that calls that waste “the rules”

You keep the gate; you lose the hands
The cooks, the coders, the repair plans
The nurse who’d stay, the firm that’d grow
All sent away before they show

[Pre-Chorus]
You want a market built to last?
Make room for more than one forecast.

[Chorus: shouted gang vocals]
OPEN THE DOOR—LET THE TALENT IN!
MORE PEOPLE WORK, MORE IDEAS BEGIN!
WHEN EVERYONE CAN BUILD AND BUY,
THE WHOLE TOWN’S NUMBERS CLIMB!

[Verse 2]
A safe first job, a fair wage earned
A corner store where cash returns
A family stays, the rent gets paid
New customers fill the lunch-hour trade

No wasted years behind a wall
No useful skill refused at all
A wider table, stronger hands
More makers shaping local plans

[Pre-Chorus]
You want a market built to last?
Make room for more than one forecast.

[Chorus: shouted gang vocals]
OPEN THE DOOR—LET THE TALENT IN!
MORE PEOPLE WORK, MORE IDEAS BEGIN!
WHEN EVERYONE CAN BUILD AND BUY,
THE WHOLE TOWN’S NUMBERS CLIMB!

[Bridge: stripped, accusatory spoken vocals]
Kindness isn’t charity
when the work is there to do.
It’s a fair shot at the paycheck,
a fair shot at the breakthrough.

A worker with a steady shift
spends nearby, keeps neighbors paid.
A business built on open doors
has stronger ground beneath its trade.

[Build]
Count the customers!
Count the skills!
Count the firms that meet their bills!

[Final Chorus: explosive gang vocals]
OPEN THE DOOR—LET THE TALENT IN!
MORE PEOPLE WORK, MORE IDEAS BEGIN!
WHEN EVERYONE CAN BUILD AND BUY,
THE WHOLE TOWN’S NUMBERS CLIMB!

NO ONE’S FUTURE THROWN AWAY!
NO GOOD IDEAS KEPT AT BAY!
FAIRER GROUND, A STRONGER TOWN—
THAT’S HOW WE GROW, THAT’S HOW WE RISE!

[Outro: spoken]
A kinder country isn’t weaker.
It’s leaving less value on the table.