Song Description
Protest song
| Song Length |
3:31 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Outraged |
Subject |
Protest |
Lyrics
Got their lives in our hands Peter Stein (c)
Pick up the morning papers
what does it say
1 mil trees being cut down every day
turn over the page
see a little child bleed
is this the result of all our technology?
over and over
they show it on TV
white cop beatin a black man
in the country of the free
last nite 3 children
and they was only 12
were found face down
with needles in their arms
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS
Up in Anctarctica
theyve found samples of ddt
even in suburbia
its in the milk and cheese
kids from Chernobl
who can remember them
just like those under tanks
down at Tienamin
red man the black man
the yellow and the brown
I heard someone say
"We should all be colourblind"
some say its a roller coaster
its goin way to fast
I said "Hy there world
how long you gonna last?"
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS
John Lennon said it
love is all we need
but all I seem to notice
is the hatred and the greed
in the eyes of the prievelaged
in the boardrooms of the elite
but they dont seem to care
about the other human beings
crammed into boxes
livin out in the streets
gettin shot up in Bosnia
and taking all the heat
5 billion people
on this piece of dirt in the sky
I said "whose gonna take care
of all the peoples lives?"
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS
GOT THEIR LIVES IN OUR HANDS