Tell Me Why Lyrics by Genesis

Tell Me Why Lyrics


    Mothers crying in the street
    Children dying at their feet, tell me why, ooh tell me why
    People starving everywhere
    There's too much food but there's none to spare,
    Tell me why, oh tell me why

    Can you see that shaft of sunlight
    Can you see it in my eyes
    I can feel the fire that's burning
    Anger and hope so deep
    So deep within my heart but before my eyes
    For some it's too late
    Cos it seems there's no-one listening

    People sleeping in the streets
    No roof above, no food to eat, tell me why, oh tell me why
    See the questions in their eyes
    Listen to their children's cries,
    Tell me why, please tell me why

    If there's a god, is he watching
    Can he give a ray of hope
    So much pain and so much sorrow
    Tell me what does he see
    When he looks at you
    When he looks at me
    What would he say
    Cos it seems there's no-one listening

    Who would think it still could happen
    Even in this time and place
    Politicians, they may save themselves
    Ah but they won't save their face
    So hope against hope it's not too late

    You say there's nothing you can do
    Is there one rule for them and one for you,
    Tell me why, just tell my why

    Listen can you see that shaft of sunlight
    Can you see it in my eyes
    I can feel the fire that's burning
    Anger and hope so deep
    So deep within my heart but before my eyes
    For some it's too late
    And it seems there's no-one listening

    Hurry for me, hurry for me
    Hurry for me, hurry for me, they cry, they cry...

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