Mothers cryin' in the Children at their feet Tell me why, ooh, me why? starvin' everywhere There's too food But there's none to Tell me why, oh, me why?
Can you see that shaft of Can you see it in my I can the fire that's burnin' and hope so deep So within my heart But before my Oh, for it's too late 'Cos it there's no one listenin'
People in the streets No above, no food to eat Tell me why, tell me See the questions in their Listen to children's cries Tell me why, please me why?
If a God, is He watchin'? Can He give a ray of So pain and so much sorrow Tell me, does he see When he at you When he at me? What would he 'Cos it seems no one listenin'
Who would think it could happen in this time and place? Politicians, they may save Oh, but they won't save their So against hope not too late
You say nothing you can do Is there one rule for and one for you? Tell me why, just tell me
Listen, can you see that shaft of Can you see it in my I can feel the fire that's Anger and so deep So deep within my But before my For some too late And it seems no one listenin'
Hurry for me, for me And hurry for me, hurry for me, they cry, cry for me, hurry for me And hurry for me, hurry for me, they cry, cry Hurry for me, for me And for me, hurry for me, they cry, they cry Just hurry for me, for me