People don't know nothing anymore Can't get it figured out Folks just wandering around Justify doing without And fighting over water A cool, clear, clean glass of water ♪ Mother Nature's calling, calling Sending along her forget-me-nots With it comes a warning, warning But when have warnings ever been enough? Oh You cannot make a law You can never make a law Long enough ♪ Spring has moved to summer Summer's into fall Way too much rain now Or not near enough at all We're a long way from mercy And it's a long damn way to fall ♪ But if there's hope in this house I'm gonna find it If there's hope in this house I'm gonna rope, I'm gonna bind it If there's hope in this house I wanna get up inside it Magnify it I wanna take a long draw ♪ We pruned ourselves tryna get even Playing chicken with the truth No matter what you're hiding, holding Folks acting like they don't know the right thing to do I've never seen nothing like it Militant ignorance and proud of it, too ♪ Here-to-fore it's been kettle scrape Run by mullahs, rabbis, preachers and priests They will fill you full of lead saying it and praying For the wrong kind of peace Danger, danger ♪ But if there's hope in the house I'm gonna find it If there's hope in house I'm gonna rope, I wanna ride it If there's hope in this house I wanna lay beside it I wanna magnify it I wanna take a long draw ♪ We still have got to earn our future We can't be just treading time This is not just a backwater Where we can mosey easy going down the line No matter how you call it These strange days Surely they are counting times But if there's hope in the house I'm gonna find it If there's hope in the house I wanna rope, I'm gonna ride it If there's hope in this house I wanna lay beside it If there's hope in the house I wanna magnify it I wanna occupy it I wanna take a long draw