Mother, Father please explain to me
Why a world so full of
A place so bitter and still so
So and yet so full of sad, sad...

Mother, Father please explain to me
Why march to desert speed
While snowcapped melt away
What do we tell our babies, when do we say, oh

Mother, Father please explain to me
How a man who rocks his child to
Pulls the on his brother's heart
He digs a hole right to the middle of this storm of hatred

Mother, Father please explain to me
How it could be so this world has come to be
A precious in between
Such and such kindness please

Mother, Father please explain to me
How this has come to be
Unequaled in her blessings, oh, I see
Unbridled hatred so , please tell me

Mother, Father please explain to me
How this has come to be so
Twisted between and dreams
Oh, mother, father please explain to me
Oh, what's all this talk about?
All this talk about it
Spinning down, down, down, down, down
All this talk about
Endless words
Nothing's done

Mother, Father do you know
Why one man's overflows
Another sleeps in 's bed
Oh, we trade our world for a piece of bread

Oh Mother, Father please explain to me
How this rare 's come to be
A place so full of yet overflowing
Always in black and white
Drowning in the of our...

Mother, Father please explain to me
How this has come to be
While still blessed in all the we see
Such a sad, sad for you and me

Come out, and hold,
Come on out you
Come on out you
Come and save yourself

Come on out you
Come on we're taking the water
We're taken the water
We're taken the water
But you know
We got the freedom
We got the freedom

There's no above
And no below
Oh, it's here with us
It's up to us
To afloat

How this sweet has come to be
Oh to afloat

Mother, father please explain to me
How this rare world has come to be
Oh, let the blue
Let the blue

Mother, father please explain to me
Mother, father please explain