Mothers in the street Children at their feet Tell me why, ooh, me why? People everywhere There's too food But there's to spare Tell me why, oh, me why?
Can you see that shaft of Can you see it in my I can feel the that's burnin' Anger and hope so So deep my heart But my eyes Oh, for it's too late 'Cos it there's no one listenin'
People sleepin' in the No above, no food to eat Tell me why, tell me See the in their eyes Listen to their cries Tell me why, please me why?
If there's a God, is He Can He give a ray of So much pain and so sorrow me, what does he see When he at you When he at me? would he say? 'Cos it seems there's no one
Who would think it still could in this time and place? Politicians, they may save Oh, but they won't their face So against hope not too late
You say there's you can do Is one rule for them and one for you? me why, just tell me why?
Listen, can you see shaft of sunlight? Can you see it in my I can feel the fire burnin' Anger and so deep So deep my heart But before my For some it's too And it seems there's no one
Hurry for me, for me And hurry for me, hurry for me, cry, they cry Hurry for me, for me And hurry for me, hurry for me, they cry, cry for me, hurry for me And hurry for me, for me, they cry, they cry hurry for me, hurry for me