Winter's voice had barely spoken Everyone was bummed and broken Hangin' onto yhreads the way we do Shielding eyes from TV screens With African starvation scenes And photographs in magazines Of things that can't seem true Paradise In Troubled Waters Situation grim And we the reckless sons and daughters Spread the luck so thin Oh, the gross results and chain reaction Too late understood Leave us in embarrassed silence Wishing that we could Make the difference, see the light Carry the flag, lead the fight Save the whales, save the seals Save the trees and birds and fields And save each other So we read the news with helpless eyes And look for ways to compromise But mostly, we just do the best we can Is it just a part of what we are To want too much and go too far And contemplate with no regard What we don't understand