Please God, can you spare some change for a beggar? Night after night I scream but nobody's listening (nobody's listening) We are headed down a path where the rocks Peel the flesh from our feet (nobody's listening) How much worse do things have to Become before we rise up from the ruins. We are a generation that will stab you in the back Just to get a piece of the pie Form a line to spare a dime as you watch countless children die We are "moving forward" but we've never been so far behind We're all just killing time by putting A knife through every clock that we find We're all just killing time Can you hear the cries of desperation? Can you hear the cries of desperation? Can you see the fire reduce to embers. We are a generation that will stab you In the back just to get a piece of the pie Where did it all go wrong? When did we lose our way? How can we fight for each other when we can't even stand our ground? Where did it all go wrong? When did we lose our way? Why do we run and hide as we watch our children die. Can you hear the cries of desperation? Can you see the fire reduce to embers Can you hear the cries of desperation? Can you see the fire reduce to embers Can you hear the cries of desperation? See the face of starvation We form a line to spare a dime as we watch countless children die We're all just killing time by putting A knife through every clock that we find Killing time!