Another Sunny Day 12, 25 Lyrics - Mellencamp John Cougar

We see it on TV, we get calls on the phone 

By the prophets of doom, they won't leave us alone 

The planet is dying and there's no time to spare 

They spend all our days sowing seeds of despair 

We get enough bad news to harden our hearts 

This fear that we feed on is what's keeping us apart 

To say that we're doomed is just an obvious remark 

And it don't make you right, it just keeps you in the dark 

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I don't want to live angry, I don't want to live scared 

I don't need no more prophets crying, "Brother beware." 

Just put some work in my hands and give me a dollar to spare 

And don't let me sow those seeds of despair 

Well, this earth is a graveyard, it will swallow our bones 

It was here long before us, it will be here when we're gone 

And it's a vain generation that looks for a sign 

Don't you think we could make better use of our time 

Yeah, the air could be cleaner and the water could be, too 

But what we do to each other are the worst things that we do 

And we can treasure our freedoms behind our locked doors 

But God speed the day when we're lonely no more 

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