Shame

Your fragile eyes can’t stand to see it
I know the truth can be a bitter fruit
So leave it up to me
I will find strength enough for two

You can turn your back and say
“Can’t save ‘em all
It’s such a shame!”
Oh, ain’t that a shame

There is the top and down below
There are the pieces we can’t see
Unless we make a choice to go
How can it be

There are so few of us down here
We have our doors flung open wide
We haven’t slept a wink in days
And can’t fit everyone inside
And from your mansion up above
You brush away a single tear and shift the blame
Saying, “What a shame”

I’ve got a seedling in my hand
And where the earth is charred and black
Someday a tree is gonna stand
You mark my words

As you turn your back and say
“Can’t save ‘em all
It’s such a shame,
Such a shame.”

There are so few of us down here
Little children eating crumbs
We haven’t seen a sign of spring
So tell me, what will become of them?

And you, you’re up above
You brush away that little tear and shift the blame
Saying, “What a shame.”

Just what is it that we want?
Cause the last thing on their minds Is the club that you belong to
Or the colors that I fly
But when we’re sure that we’re above
We brush away those little tears and shift the blame
And that’s the shame.