Mothers cryin' in the dyin' at their feet Tell me why, ooh, me why? starvin' everywhere There's too much But none to spare 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' Anger and so deep So deep my heart But my eyes Oh, for it's too late 'Cos it there's no one listenin'
sleepin' in the streets No above, no food to eat Tell me why, me why? See the in their eyes Listen to their children's Tell me why, tell me why?
If a God, is He watchin'? Can He a ray of hope? So much pain and so sorrow Tell me, does he see When he at you he looks at me? What would he 'Cos it seems there's no one
Who would it still could happen in this time and place? Politicians, they may save Oh, but they save their face So hope hope It's not too
You say there's you can do Is there one for them and one for you? Tell me why, tell me why?
Listen, can you see that shaft of Can you see it in my I can feel the fire burnin' Anger and hope so So deep my heart But before my For some it's too And it seems no one listenin'
Hurry for me, for me And hurry for me, for me, they cry, they cry Hurry for me, for me And hurry for me, for me, they cry, they cry Hurry for me, for me And hurry for me, hurry for me, cry, they cry hurry for me, hurry for me