Today

Jennifer Paige©2000

I turned the TV on today to see what the news had to say

Mother Earth has been betrayed once again

Her limbs were cut away then burned to clear the way

For replacements, steel and gray the block the sun

     (Another Eden overrun)

          But that's okay 'cause there's a hole in the sky

          Where the sun gets through just fine, just fine

          A little more everyday, everyday

Walking down these city streets people passing look at their feet

And our eyes rarely meet anymore

Are they afraid someone will see that they are incomplete

Or that the lives they lead are empty and alone?

     (We're always so alone)

          But it's okay to be filled with doubt

          To let distrust eat your insides out

          We're gonna' die anyway, any day now

There's shouting upstairs at night, the Jones family always fights

But their son's screams don't sit quite right with me

In the morning I will try not to stare at little Billy's fresh black eye

'Cause we are friends and that would be impolite

     (Wouldn't want to start a fight)

          And it's okay not to get involved

         The cops are paid to get it resolved

         A million times a day, today

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