American Tragedy

Well, it's just not the things we're used to down here

I mean, they come in and they sit down, and

And we're not used to 'em sittin' down beside us

And I wasn't raised with 'em, I never have lived with 'em

And I'm not gonna start now

Art is in motion, look around

At the everyday people in the everyday towns

Love is an ocean as deep as the sky

Gotta keep our arms open or we're never gonna fly

(chorus)

Yeah, it's a tragedy

All the hate I see

Am I left to be

A slave to history

Love's our common ground

Yeah, my skin is brown

Ain't no sweeter sound

Walls are tumblin' down

I can't deny it overwhelms

That changin' your world is changin' yourself

You can't tell me that you've already tried

Cause we're never gonna shine until we swallow our pride

(repeat chorus)

[During the weeks...]

[I love people]

[I wasn't raised with 'em]

[I never have lived with 'em]

[And I'm not gonna start now]

[I'm sorry, I'm sorry]

[Our management does not allow us to serve]

[Does not allow us to serve niggers in here]

[This is sleepin' in a dangerous...]

[Love, oh love]

(repeat chorus)

The questions in you are the questions in me

And I'm no closer to answers than you are to me

If we just believe then we all can be free