I wanna be better then oxygen so you can breath when you're drowning and weak in the knees.
I wanna speak louder then ritalin for all the children who think that they've got a disease.
I wanna be cooler then TV for all the kids that are wondering what they're going to be.
We can be stronger then bombs if you're singing along and you know that you really believe.
We can be richer then industry as long as we know that there's things that we don't really need.
We can speak louder then ignorance cause we speak in silence everytime our eyes meet.
On and on and on it goes the world it just keeps spinning till i'm dizzy time to breath so close my eyes and start again anew.
I wanna see through all the lies of society to the reality happiness is at stake.
I wanna hold up my head with dignity proud of a life where to give means more then to take.
I wanna live beyond the modern mentality where paper is all that you're really taught to create.
Do you remember the forgotten america justice equality freedom to every race.
Just need to get past all the lies and hypocrisy makeup and hair to the truth behind every face.
Then look around to all the people you see how many of them are happy and free.
I know it sounds like a dream but it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night.
I know it's hard to believe but it's easy to see that something here isn't right.
I know the future looks dark but it's there that the kids of today must carry the light.
On and on and on it goes the world it just keeps spinning till i'm dizzy time to breath so close my eyes and start again anew.
If i'm afraid to catch a dream I weave your baskets and I float them down the river stream.
Each one I weave with words I speak to carry love to your relief.
I wanna be better then oxygen so you can breath when you're drowning and weak in the knees.
I wanna speak louder then ritalin for all the children who think that they've got a disease.
I wanna be cooler then TV for all the kids that are wondering what they're going to be.
We can be stronger then bombs if you're singing along and you know that you really believe.
We can be richer then industry as long as we know that there's things that we don't really need.
We can speak louder then ignorance cause we speak in silence everytime our eyes meet.
On and on and on it goes the world it just keeps spinning till i'm dizzy time to breath so close my eyes and start again anew.



Look him in the eye's there's no need to be scared he's as powerless as you and me.
Though his face is well worn and his clothes a bit torn that don't mean that you shouldn't believe.
When he asks you your name says brother we're all here in the same game but you shrink back like he's a disease.
Yeah you shake and you moan you say oh please take me home and the homeless all sing the reprise.
It's a hard hand to hold that is looking for control.
It is tempting to fight when you know that you're right.
It's hard to lie down when you don't trust the ground.
It is hard to hold on it's hard to hold on.
Walking home again becomes a battle with the wind as it teases your provisions against shame.
Like all that wax in your hair it becomes painfully clear that as long as it's a fight; you'll never win.
And when you get to the door you're still so busy fighting wars that you can't look upon your lady as a friend.
You're trying so hard to be right you miss the loving at first sight and your lover feels alone once again.
It's a hard hand to hold that is looking for control.
It is tempting to fight when you know that you're right.
It's hard to lie down when you don't trust the ground.
It is hard to hold on it's hard to hold on.
Entering the liqour store you try your hardest to ignore that street sleeper on your left there all alone.
And the young man on your right with unshaved soles and love of night you look so scared they laugh and wonder if you're stoned.
But somewhere deep inside they feel a pain they've learnt to hide cause that same fear has brought much trouble on their homes.
And they know you won't feel safe till that cop car wins it's race and another life is driven off this road.
It's a hard hand to hold that is looking for control.
It is tempting to fight when you know that you're right.
It's hard to lie down when you don't trust the ground.
It is hard to hold on it's hard to hold on.
It's a hard hand to hold that is looking for control.
It is tempting to fight when you know that you're right.
It's hard to lie down when you don't trust the ground.
It is hard to hold on it's hard to hold on.


Amazingly awesome songs with great messages in them.

The artist is Willy Mason and the album is "where the humans eat" so go buy it now.