Mother, Father Lyrics - Everyday - Dave Matthews Band

Mother father please explain to me 

why a world so full of mystery 

a place so bitter and still so sweet 

so beautiful and yet so full of sad sad 

Mother father please explain to me 

why forests march to deserts be 

while snow capped mountains melt away 

what do we tell our babies 

what do we say 

Mother father please explain to me 

how a man who rocks his child to sleep 

yet pulls the trigger on his brother's heart 

he digs a hole right to the middle of a storm of hatred 

Mother father please explain to me 

how it could be so this world has come to be 

a precious balance in between 

such cruelty and such kindness please please 

Mother father please explain to me 

how this world has come to be 

unequalled in her blessings oh i see 

unbridled hatred so extreme please tell me 

Mother father please explain to me 

how the world has come to be so 

twisted between time and dreams 

oh mother father please explain to me 

What's all this talk about 

all this talk about it 

spinning down down down down down 

all this talk about 

all these words without 

and nothing done 

Mother father do you know 

why one mans belly overflows 

another sleeps in hungers bed 

we'd trade our world for a piece of bread 

Mother father please explain to me 

how this rare worlds come to be 

a place so full of color yet overflowing always 

in black and white black and white 

drowning in the waters of our 

Mother father please explain to me 

how the world has come to be 

while still blessed in all the things we see 

such a sad sad home for you and me 

Com on 

come on out 

come on out you 

come on out you 

come on out you save yourself 

come on out you 

come on out you 

come on out you 

we're taking on water 

taking on water 

we're taking on water 

but we've got the freedom 

we've got the freedom 

There's no god above 

no hell below 

it's here with us 

it's up to us 

to keep afloat oh 

Mother father please explain to me 

how this world has come to be 

how we've come to this oh 

mother father please explain to me 

how this world has come to be 

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