How Come -Ray LaMontagne People on the street now Faces long and grim Souls are feeling heavy And faith is growing thin Fears are getting stronger You feel them on the rise Hopelessness got some by the throat You can see it in their eyes I said "How come How come" Everybody on a shoestring Everybody in a hole Everybody on a old jet plane Crossing their fingers and toes Government man spin his politics Till they got you pinned Everybody trying to reach out to each other But they don't know where to begin I said "How come I can't tell the free world from living hell " I said "How come How come all I see is a child of God in misery " I said "How come " The pistol now as profit The bullet some kind of Lord and King But pain is the only promise That this so called savior is going to bring Love can be a liar And justice can be a thief And freedom can be an empty cup From which everybody want to drink I said "How come I can't tell the free world from living hell " I said "How come How come all I see is a child of God in misery " I said "How come " It's just man killing man killing man Killing man killing man I don't understand it It's just man killing man killing man Killing man killing man I don't understand it It's just man killing man killing man Killing man killing man killing man Killing man killing man killing man Killing man I don't understand it I don't understand it I don't understand it I don't understand it How come I said "How come How come I said "How come "
[00:01.201]How Come -Ray LaMontagne [00:28.547]People on the street now [00:31.417]Faces long and grim [00:34.557]Souls are feeling heavy [00:37.717]And faith is growing thin [00:41.417]Fears are getting stronger [00:44.497]You feel them on the rise [00:47.857]Hopelessness got some by the throat [00:50.747]You can see it in their eyes [00:53.787]I said "How come [01:01.257]How come" [01:08.392]Everybody on a shoestring [01:11.302]Everybody in a hole [01:14.572]Everybody on a old jet plane [01:17.812]Crossing their fingers and toes [01:21.912]Government man spin his politics [01:25.302]Till they got you pinned [01:28.252]Everybody trying to reach out to each other [01:30.962]But they don't know where to begin [01:33.872]I said "How come [01:36.172]I can't tell the free world from living hell " [01:40.622]I said "How come [01:48.31]How come all I see is a child of God in misery " [01:54.171]I said "How come " [02:15.691]The pistol now as profit [02:18.581]The bullet some kind of Lord and King [02:21.651]But pain is the only promise [02:24.291]That this so called savior is going to bring [02:27.331]Love can be a liar [02:32.291]And justice can be a thief [02:35.61]And freedom can be an empty cup [02:37.561]From which everybody want to drink [02:40.891]I said "How come [02:43.201]I can't tell the free world from living hell " [02:47.671]I said "How come [02:54.661]How come all I see is a child of God in misery " [03:01.101]I said "How come " [03:08.211]It's just man killing man killing man [03:11.641]Killing man killing man I don't understand it [03:21.490]It's just man killing man killing man [03:24.900]Killing man killing man I don't understand it [03:34.740]It's just man killing man killing man [03:38.500]Killing man killing man killing man [03:42.40]Killing man killing man killing man [03:45.710]Killing man I don't understand it [03:51.280]I don't understand it [03:54.420]I don't understand it [03:57.760]I don't understand it [04:02.50]How come [04:04.370]I said "How come [04:08.240]How come [04:10.910]I said "How come "
