Old man

Your race is run

You think it's over

It's only begun

Child is born

Who has to face

The world you're leaving a dangerous place

Listen to the voices

Crying to be free

Can we be the promise that we promised to be

Love and understanding are better than a war

People just laughing 'cause they've heard it before

Night chills in plenty town

Cardboard hotels

They sleep on the ground

Hard choices how to respond

Red or rose with the duck à l'orange

Listen to the voices

So easy to ignore

Choruses of old folk scared to open the door

Living in the shadows

Dying in the cold

Inner city jungle ain't no place to grow old

Helpless we'll never be 'though justice is so hard to see

Kindness yes

That same old song but

Don't stop singing

There's so much strength in kindness

Listen to the voices

Crying to be free

Can we be the promise that we promised to be

Love and understanding are better than a war

People just laughing 'cause they've heard it before

Listen to the voices

Crying to be free

Can we be the promise that we promised to be

Listen to the voices

Crying to be free

Can we be the promise that we promised to be

Love and understanding are better than a war

People just laughing 'cause they've heard it before