Only a Song

歌詞

I wouldn't make a sound if I wasn't so angry. I wouldn't be running if there wasn't so far to go. I wouldn't keep on if there wasn't something worth keeping. I want to believe that this mountain can be moved. But this is only a song... it can't change the world. I get a little scared when I'm driving through the ghetto. There's a part of me that wants to hide; there's a part of me that wants to move in. Because even though I grew up in the suburbs, I didn't really grow until I learned how so many others lived. But this is only a song... it can't change the world. I'm digging, digging deep in myself. But who needs a shovel when you have a little boy like mine? This ain't the world that I want to give him: people racing around in cars, and cities you can't even walk across. This is only a song... it can't change the world. I've been thinking about Providence- and craving a Root Beer Float. I didn't make these rules, but it's come time for us to row this boat! And on the horizon I see windmills spouting up in rows. There's young folks farming, and a few that are going to vote. But this is only a song... it can't change the world. So why try? Why even sing at all? I picture the Harlem Globetrotters dancing like mosquitoes with a basketball. Because there is beauty in freedom, and folks like me came over on boats, flew in on planes, crawled under fences, and fought wars, just to find a place to be free. But this is only a song... it can't change the world. This is only a song... it can't change the world. This is only a song... it can't change the world.