maybe it's not your bones that break
and it's not your blood that spills
you've got appointements to make
obligations to fulfill
and no one's died yet this week
but soon enough they will
you don't have time to do anything about it
but you've got time to kill
yes you've got time to kill

i hear a lot of talk around here
a lot of people making plans
and i see a lot of nothing being done
when it comes time for lending hands
surely there's enough of us
but there's more than enough of them
shouting loud enough i can hardly hear you say
you're doing what you can
yes you're doing what you can

that's great to hear you say
i hope it works out fine
we've come a long, long way
in such a short, short time

just the other day
i saw a friend of mine
they took him by the hand
they lead him down the line

they tied him to the cross
they burned him at the stake
when they were finally caught
it was all a big mistake...

they thought we wouldn't care
but we're doing what we can