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Mothers crying in the street, children dying at their feet
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Tell me why, oh, tell me why
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People starving everywhere, there's too much food but there's none to spare
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Tell me why, oh, tell me why
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Can you see that shaft of sunlight? Can you see it in my eyes?
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I can feel the fire that's burning, anger and hope so deep
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D
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D
So deep within my heart but before my eyes
G
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Oh, for some it's too late 'cause it seems there's no-one listening
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People sleeping in the streets, no roof above, no food to eat
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Tell me why, oh, tell me why
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See the questions in their eyes, listen to their children's cries
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Tell me why, please tell me why
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If there's a God, is He watching? Can he give a ray of light?
D
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So much pain and so much sorrow, tell me what does He see
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When He looks at you? When He looks at me?
G
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What would He say? It seems there's no-one listening
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Who would think it still could happen even in this time and place?
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Politicians, they may save themselves
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Ah, but they won't save their face
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So hope against hope, it's not too late
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You say there's nothing you can do
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Is there one rule for them and one for you?
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Tell me why, just tell me why
Bm7
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Listen, can you see that shaft of sunlight? Can you see it in my eyes?
D
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D
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G
I can feel the fire that's burning, anger and hope so deep
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D
D7M
D
So deep within my heart but before my eyes
G
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A
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Oh, for some it's too late 'cause it seems there's no-one listening
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"Hurry for me, hurry for me and hurry for me, hurry for me", they cry, they cry
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"Hurry for me, hurry for me and hurry for me, hurry for me", they cry, they cry
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"Hurry for me, hurry for me and hurry for me, hurry for me", they cry, they cry
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"Hurry for me, hurry for me"
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