[00:03.23]stand`by
[00:03.24]walk in a corner shop
[00:10.98]see a shoplifting cop
[00:13.72]see the old lady with a gun
[00:15.00]see the hero try 2 run
[00:16.54]nothing's what it seems, i mean
[00:18.51]it's not all dirty, but it's not all clean
[00:18.51]there's children paying bills
[00:21.46]there's monks buying thrills
[00:23.34]there's pride for sale in magazines
[00:25.56]there's pills for rent 2 make u clean
[00:27.00]marvin gaye, there's no brother, brother
[00:27.74]woody guthrie's land can't feed mother
[00:27.74]
[00:31.76]mothers weep, children sleep
[00:35.00]so much violence ends in silence
[00:40.19]it's a shame there's no one 2 blame
[00:44.40]for all the pain that life brings
[00:44.55]if u will just take me it might just complete me
[00:45.48]and together we can make a stand
[00:44.19]
[00:44.55]a waitress brings me lunch
[00:45.48]we meet but do not touch
[00:47.98]on tv, d.c. is selling lies
[00:49.61]while in the corner, king's dream dies
[00:51.24]go 2 the counter, pay for me and my friend
[00:53.50]a homeless man pulls out a roll, says it's on him
[00:55.78]the mayor has no cash
[01:02.10]
[01:02.75]mothers weep, children sleep
[01:06.57]so much violence ends in silence
[01:11.07]it's a shame there's no one 2 blame
[01:15.62]for all the pain that life brings
[01:17.77]if u will just take me it might just complete me
[01:19.73]and together we can make a stand
[01:20.27]
[01:23.30]u will love me, i will love u
[01:24.91]
[01:26.46]mothers weep, children sleep
[01:28.71]so much violence ends in silence
[01:30.98]it's a shame there's no one 2 blame
[01:33.66]for all the pain that life brings
[01:35.42]if u will just take me it might just complete me
[01:37.45]andtogether we can make a stand