why

why does the moon get so full
she asked with a questioning face
and who's gonna keep me warm
why did my daddy walk away
why can't i live in a house
on a hill or far away
what does the moon get so full
and my belly stay empty for days

why does one child die
and another one gets to live
why do i even ask why
oh, it's the sign of the times closing on in
why can't we hear our own lies
and search for the truth again
why does one child die
and another one gets to live

they say it's a twist of fate
gets you in or takes you out
providential circumstance
isn't that what's life all about

well, go tell that to the widow and orphan
well, preach that to the hungry and the poor
numb my heart and my hands
i can't feel them i can't feel them
i can't feel them anymore

why do we climb up the ladder
just to buy a bigger roof
so we can stand and look down below
and say we've got something to prove

we all wear those coloured ribbons
a tiny sign of a much bigger need
"it's the thought that counts" is not an answer
but the price is rather cheap
they say it's a twist of fate
gets you in or takes you out
providential circumstance
isn't that what's life all about

well, go tell that to the widow and orphan
well, preach that to the hungry and the poor
numb my heart and my hands
i can't feel them i can't feel them
i can't feel them anymore

so why speak your cold solutions
and your warm but empty ways
please don't show me your clean hands
when i see on mine only dirt
and don't avoid the faces of the orphans
they cry to be caught from the fall
tell her why her stomach is empty
and why the moon is so full
-r.springer

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Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. -james 1:27