[01:47.64]There ain't no reason things are this way
[01:51.22]It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
[01:54.90]I can't explain why we live this way
[01:58.94]We do it every day
[02:02.68]Preachers on the podiums speaking of saints
[02:06.56]Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change
[02:10.45]Old ladies laughing from the fire escape
[02:14.13]Cursing my name
[02:17.96]I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same
[02:22.06]A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
[02:25.69]You could spend your whole life working for something
[02:29.93]Just to have it taken away
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[02:34.01]People walk around pushing back their debts
[02:37.39]Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets
[02:41.52]Talking about nothing, not thinking 'bout death
[02:45.02]Every little heartbeat, every little breath
[02:49.20]People walk a tight rope on a razors edge
[02:52.78]Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons
[02:56.81]It could be a bomb, or a bullet or a pen
[03:00.55]Or thought, or a word or a sentence
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[03:04.63]There ain't no reason things are this way
[03:08.13]It's how they've always been and they intend to stay
[03:11.86]I don't know why I say the things I say
[03:15.85]But I say them anyway
[03:19.04]But love will come, set me free
[03:26.91]Love will come, set me free, I do believe
[03:34.62]Love will come, set me free, I know it will
[03:42.30]Love will come, set me free, yes
[03:51.17]Prison walls still standing tall
[03:54.65]Some things never change at all
[03:58.49]Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all
[04:02.37]Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all