The Buck Stops Here Lyrics

Is life better than death?
If so, then surely peace must be better than war
If suffering is something that nobody wants
then why should it escalate more?
Are we really so afraid we have to close our eyes
And ignore these things exist
Until people are prepared to cast away their greed
War and poverty will always exist
Some of us believe that it's more important
To feed the banker before the poor
And some are not quite sure just what they want
But they're positive that they want more
Conflict in the name of peace
As we declare war again and again
Seems to be that the politics of power
Are brutal murder equals material gain
Why are we content to ride the wave?
Whilst forgetting about the storm
And why must the hand that delivers the child
Seek to strangle the unborn
Some people bath in affluence
Wealth in wallet but not in mind
Divorced from want and oblivious to
The unfortunates of humankind

And meanwhile, half a world away a baby cries dying of hunger
Its tiny body ravaged with disease
An old man falls to his knees embracing a blood stained corpse that once carried life
The battered corpse is his wife
A grief stricken mother turns silently from a window
As she awaits her son who'll never return
Another victim of another's cause
Obscenity....War

In the playground wide eyed children play war games
Whilst on the other side of the street real war continues
Guns and bombs as toys or the real macoy?
Men pointing rifles out of armoured cars
Creates tension, causes bloodshed
And we fool ourselves, as some of us believe that this is peace

A grain of rice a day
Keeps malnutrition at bay....Bollocks!
Most, so called, aid to the third world
Comes in the form of weapons
Well I'm sorry mate but something's gone wrong
If we seriously believe that guns and bombs preserve life

Seems to us that the opposite is true
Weapons create wealth only for the arms dealers

And not those existing in the third world
Is it really ok to make money out of death
Civilisation? We're but a fucking joke
We'll never find peace unless we find ourselves
But it's late and it's getting very dark outside

When we are confronted with obstacles in our path towards a more compassionate and wholesome way of life. Too often, we pass the blame onto someone or something else. We do this in order to remove the burden from ourselves and thus We distort the problem rather than solve it. The ends we reach for cannot be achieved unless we find in ourselves what we desire to see throughout the world. An awareness of what we are doing and where it is leading us is the first major obstacle we must overcome. Not until we have reached this stage and found our own way through it can we further our own personal progress. It is then that we may reflect on what we see and if necessary, make efforts to change ourselves. When we have learnt to recognise the strength that lies within each and every one of us. The foundations for a truly harmonious world will have been laid. When we have learnt to use this strength to its full advantage. When we have learnt to share it with those who have not yet found it within themselves. We may then and only then, begin to pull ourselves up from this quagmire of carnage. And really set forth on the path towards a peaceful co existence for all to share.

Together we can change the world, but time is running out and the buck stops with you