once your optimistic views

got clouded by the truth

you saw a darker side

the pain this city hides

see those junkies getting high

today they might just die

the school kids carry guns

and shoot you just for fun

you get so numb and jaded

just to deal with it all

once again you have to face another day

once again you turn your back and walk away

once again you find the strength to carry on

once again you move on

once you thought this world could change

that didn't seem so strange

you volunteered your time

fought poverty and crime

see the homeless men you fed

that concrete's still their bed

you foster kids in jail

this time there'll be no bail

you hardly made a difference

at the end of the day

once again you have to face another day

once again you turn your back and walk away

once again you find the strength to carry on

once again you move on

you learn in the end yeah to live

once again

once again you have to face another day

once again you turn your back and walk away

once again you find the strength to carry on

once again you move on

once again you move on