Only A Song

I wouldn't make a sound if I wasn't so angry. I wouldn't be run'n if it wasn't so far to go. I wouldn't keep on if there wasn't something worth keepin'. I want to believe that this mountain can be moved. But this is only a song, it can't change the world. I get a little scared when I'm driving through the ghetto. There's a part of me that wants to hide, there's a part of me that wants to move in. Cuz even though I, I grew up in the suburbs I didn't really grow until I learned how so many others lived. But this is only a song, it can't change the world. I'm digging, digging deep in myself But who needs a shovel when you have a little boy like mine. This ain't the world that I want to give him People racing around in cars and cities you cant even walk across. But this is only a song, it can't change the world. I been thinkin' about providence and craving a root beer float. I didn't make these rules but it's come time for us to row this boat. And on the horizon, I see windmills sprouting up in rows. There's young folks farming and a few that're gonna vote. But this is only a song, it can't change the world. So I try, why even sing at all? I picture the Harlem Globetrotters dancing like mosquitos with a basketball. Cuz there is beauty in freedom. And folks like me, came over on boats, flew in on planes, crawled under fences, and fought wars, just to find a place to be free. But this is only a song, it can't change the world. This is only a song, it can't change the world. This is only a song, it can't change the world.