Mothers cryin' in the Children dyin' at feet me why, ooh, tell me why? People starvin' There's too much But there's none to Tell me why, oh, me why?
Can you see shaft of sunlight? Can you see it in my I can feel the that's burnin' and hope so deep So deep within my But my eyes Oh, for it's too late 'Cos it seems no one listenin'
sleepin' in the streets No roof above, no to eat me why, tell me why? See the questions in their Listen to their children's Tell me why, tell me why?
If there's a God, is He Can He a ray of hope? So much pain and so sorrow Tell me, what he see he looks at you When he at me? would he say? 'Cos it there's no one listenin'
Who would think it still could Even in this time and Politicians, they may themselves Oh, but they save their face So against hope not too late
You say nothing you can do Is there one rule for and one for you? Tell me why, tell me why?
Listen, can you see shaft of sunlight? Can you see it in my I can feel the that's burnin' and hope so deep So deep within my But my eyes For it's too late And it seems there's no one
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, cry, they cry Hurry for me, for me And hurry for me, for me, they cry, they cry Just for me, hurry for me