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What is the reason that one man has to die,
And another man lives on his grief,
Where is the truth at when one man is cold,
And another man is warmed by his belief,
What is fair when one man is cheated blind,
And another man claim as his everything he find.

And how do we know,
Which way to go,
When we never knew where we were going,
And we’ve stopped the river’s flow,
We don’t really believe in love,
We believe in push and shove,
You're a loser or a winner,
Your fate will fit you like a glove,
And this world is just one world,
Divided into slices,
We point the finger of our god,
To the heathen’s faults and vices,
The machine of the world chugs on,
With its fuel of blood and sweat,
And the paymasters make new loans,
To keep the debtors in debt,
Will it stop when we’ve finally ripped out,
All the gold from the bowls of the Earth,
That’s when we’ll finally really know just how much it’s worth.

Why don’t we pretend; We’er pretending now.

Why don’t we give the hard luck man a break,
Give the starving man a meal,
Give the woman with three kids to feed,
Give her a brand new deal,
Why don’t we send the wide eyed kid to school,
Teach him the value of the dirt,
Take the man who has lost everything,
Give him back his shirt,
Give every business man a Mercedes Benz,
Every ditch digger a Rolls Royce,
Lets give everyone real freedom,
Give everyone a real choice.

But maybe we need the distinctions,
Just like good or bad rich or poor,
And maybe the day will come,
When we won’t need them anymore,
Yeah maybe the day will come,
When we’ll all live on milk and honey,
And we won’t need all this hate,
And we’ll throw away all this play money.

Nov. 92

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from Troubleshooting the Cosmos, released March 31, 1993

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