There’s
more
Yesterday I walked through the streets
And I saw the empty
houses
Closed, shut, no-one
in them
Around the corner
A family, sleeping on
the street
Nowhere to go to.
Without future? Without hope?
The next morning
I watched the people
rushing around
Running to work
They don’t see each
other
They run as if being
chased
But they swear when
they bump into someone
No time for
friendliness now
No time to waste.
Gotta earn a living
To pay the rent, the
food, the clothes
To keep the tax
collector happy
Work eat sleep eat
speed eat work sleep
Is there more?
Who invented this
system?
Who survives in it?
Last week my friend
moved house
They want a family
and a larger place
Now their money has
run out
But still houses are
being built for the highest price
Who will live in
them?
God gave us the earth
as a gift
But who gave us the
right to make big business out of it
There’s more to life
Look around and you
will see
Stop running and
relax
Look, your neighbour
might need you
Stop and listen
There is more.
Yesterday I walked
through the streets
And I saw the empty
houses
Closed, shut, no-one
in them
Around the corner
A family, sleeping on
the street
Nowhere to go to.
Without future? Without hope?
The next morning
I watched the people
rushing around
Running to work
They don’t see each
other
They run as if being
chased
But they swear when
they bump into someone
No time for
friendliness now
No time to waste.
Gotta earn a living
To pay the rent, the
food, the clothes
To keep the tax
collector happy
Work eat sleep eat
speed eat work sleep
Is there more?
Who invented this
system?
Who survives in it?
Last week my friend
moved house
They want a family
and a larger place
Now their money has
run out
But still houses are
being built for the highest price
Who will live in
them?
God gave us the earth
as a gift
But who gave us the
right to make big business out of it
There’s more to life
Look around and you
will see
Stop running and
relax
Look, your neighbour
might need you
Stop and listen
There is more.
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