Mother Father please explain to me 
Why a world so full of mystery 
A place so bitter and still so sweet 
So beautiful and yet so full of sad sad 

Mother Father please explain to me 
Why forests march to deserts be 
While snow capped mountains melt away 
What do we tell our babies 
What do we say 

Mother father please explain to me 
How a man who rocks his child to sleep 
Yet pulls the trigger on his brother’s heart 
He digs a hole right to the middle of a storm of hatred 

Mother Father please explain to me 
How it could be so this world has come to be 
A precious balance in between 
Such cruelty and such kindness please please 

Mother Father please explain to me 
How this world has come to be 
Unequalled in her blessings oh I see 
Unbridled hatred so extreme please tell me 

Mother Father please explain to me 
How the world has come to be so 
Twisted between time and dreams 
Oh Mother Father please explain to me 

What’s all this talk about 
All this talk about it 
Spinning down down down down down 
All this talk about 
All these words without 
And nothing done 

Mother Father do you know 
Why one mans belly overflows 
Another sleeps in hungers bed 
We’d trade our world for a piece of bread 

Mother father please explain to me 
How this rare worlds come to be 
A place so full of color yet overflowing always 
In black and white black and white 
Drowning in the waters of our 

Mother father please explain to me 
How the world has come to be 
While still blessed in all the things we see 
Such a sad sad home for you and me 

Com on 
Come on out