A Better Way-The Alternate Routes

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Eric Donnelly/Tim Warren/Chip Johnson [00:16.00]@ @ [00:23.00] [00:24.57]Well he's waiting at the bus stop, seven years old [00:29.12]Breathing on his collar in the freezing cold [00:33.14]And he doesn't know a thing about minimum wage [00:37.30]But his mother's gone early and she gets in late [00:40.57] [00:41.39]And by the time he's 18 he's got nobody else [00:45.34]But god knows college won't pay for itself [00:49.44]So he traded in scraping for a uniform. [00:53.56]And I'm starting to see what he's fighting for [00:57.86]Standing on the front line [01:01.66]Now he's waiting on a land mine [01:05.52] [01:06.44]And maybe there's a better way [01:13.67]Maybe there's a better way [01:21.15] [01:22.66]Mona Lisa moved up and she moved away [01:26.86]From the people she knew, now she works all day [01:30.84]For a walk-in closet and a master bed [01:35.14]She swore that she'd never be poor again [01:38.95] [01:39.71]And she can't stop shopping, she's so damn bored [01:43.40]And I'm starting to see what we're fighting for [01:47.49]Standing on the front line [01:51.43]Living in a gold mine [01:55.10] [01:56.02]And maybe there's a better way [02:03.91]Maybe there's a better way [02:12.34]Maybe there's a better way [02:19.88] [02:20.92]I did some diving on the street today [02:25.39]I put my head against a window pane [02:29.34]I did some thinking about the way it is [02:33.62]I did some thinking about the way we live and, [02:37.88]I wanna talk about Jesus Christ [02:41.81]I wanna talk about living a lie [02:45.94]I wanna talk about the Pentagon [02:49.86]It doesn't matter what side your on, well [02:54.59]I'm only really trying to figure it out [02:58.40]But you can't hear me cause you talk so loud [03:03.02] [03:04.09]And maybe there's a better way [03:12.47]Maybe there's a better way [03:19.15] [03:20.71]Maybe there's a better way [03:27.08]Then sending them off to die [03:29.47]Maybe there's a better way [03:35.10]Then drinking alone tonight [03:37.67]Maybe there's a better way [03:43.67] [03:45.59]Maybe there's a better way [03:52.33]Then sending them off to die [03:54.34]Maybe there's a better way [03:59.53]Then drinking alone tonight [04:02.48]Maybe there's a better way [04:09.55]