"Can You Wait"

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".  

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?