Title: Can You Wait
Genre: Song
Status: Finished; published on CD, "Initiation"
Author's note: This song started with a bit of messing around with strumming and
muting patterns,so I guess its safe to say you never know when, where, or how
creativity will strike. However...this song also has my most favorite lyrics to date...
"We've spent a thousand lifetimes forgetting we're the same".
muting patterns,so I guess its safe to say you never know when, where, or how
creativity will strike. However...this song also has my most favorite lyrics to date...
"We've spent a thousand lifetimes forgetting we're the same".
Em D
Jane wakes cold and hungry every
single morn
Am Em
And wonders how she’ll find
shelter from the storm
Em G
Winter’s coming on and Jane’s
got no place to stay
D Em
She lost her job
and home to the economy they say
Am Em
The crowd just passes by her
when she begs them for a dime
D D
She tries to hold her head high
when they push her to the side
Am
Em
Jane’s another victim to the
Americana dream
G D
Em
So…it…seems.
G D
Em G D Em
How can we wait when we can end
the hate?
Am Em
Injustice wins a victory every
time we turn away
G D Em
How can you wait?
(Em/A – Em/A – Em/A – mute
string strum)
Jason has a secret he can’t tell
dad or mom
About the special boy that he’d
like to take to prom
He found another hate note
hidden in his bag
Saying they would kill him
because he was a fag
Every day he wishes that he
could disappear
Anything is better than living
in fear
He’s plotted out his death today
a thousand times or more
But who keeps score?
How can we wait when we can end
the hate?
A crime that’s done to one is a
harm done to us all
How can you wait?
In a sacred book, John found a
God who saves
But he doesn’t hesitate to send
others to their graves
He fights a Holy War for the
glory of His Way
Assured he’ll find serenity in
Heaven some day
Somehow he missed the message
about loving everyone
And believes he’ll teach
forgiveness through the barrel of a gun
Too many now have died by the
righteous zealot’s hand
They don’t understand
How can we wait when we can end
the hate?
Faith is not a weapon that
covers up your sins
How can you wait?
There’s a tree high on the hill
where the People go to pray
Ribbons tied in offering for the
dream of better days
They have a simple vision of how
to heal the land
a community together, undivided
we’ll stand
We can look beyond how different
we seem
And learn to live together in
peace and harmony
We all have the power to
recreate the world
If…we…try.
How can we wait? When we can end
the hate?
We’ve spent a thousand lifetimes
forgetting we’re the same
How can you wait?
How can you wait?
Why do you wait?
