How Come

How Come -Ray LaMontagne

People on the street now

Faces long and grim

Souls are feeling heavy

And faith is growing thin

Fears are getting stronger

You feel them on the rise

Hopelessness got some by the throat

You can see it in their eyes

I said "How come

How come"

Everybody on a shoestring

Everybody in a hole

Everybody on a old jet plane

Crossing their fingers and toes

Government man spin his politics

Till they got you pinned

Everybody trying to reach out to each other

But they don't know where to begin

I said "How come

I can't tell the free world from living hell "

I said "How come

How come all I see is a child of God in misery "

I said "How come "

The pistol now as profit

The bullet some kind of Lord and King

But pain is the only promise

That this so called savior is going to bring

Love can be a liar

And justice can be a thief

And freedom can be an empty cup

From which everybody want to drink

I said "How come

I can't tell the free world from living hell "

I said "How come

How come all I see is a child of God in misery "

I said "How come "

It's just man killing man killing man

Killing man killing man I don't understand it

It's just man killing man killing man

Killing man killing man I don't understand it

It's just man killing man killing man

Killing man killing man killing man

Killing man killing man killing man

Killing man I don't understand it

I don't understand it

I don't understand it

I don't understand it

How come

I said "How come

How come

I said "How come "