Can't Look Away - Jimi Jamison

See the child, dresses in rags in the street

Cold and homeless

Too weak to ask for just one scrap of food to survive

War, torn lives, shed their innoncent blood

On the pavement

As we all shake our heads from our ivory towers

Making righteous remarks as we’re wasting the hours

I hate what I see but I can’t look away

From the trainwreck we watch

From our armchairs each day

Are we powerless pawns in the games people play

I try and blind myself to the pain

But I can’t, no i can’t look away

Kids in school, learning lessons in life

Love and laughter

Such precious jewels, with a future so bright

Dreams so tall

An aimless soul, open fire, roos the world

Makes his exit

As we wonder what force could have turned him so wild

He was quiet, he was shy

He was somebodys child

I hate what I see but I can’t look away

From the trainwreck we watch

From our armchairs each day

Are we powerless pawns in the games people play

I try and blind myself to the pain

Disconnect my heart from my brain

But I can’t, no I can’t look away

We can’t stand idly by

No we can’t look away

And let one more child die, no!

As we all shake our heads from our ivory towers

Making righteous remarks as we’re wasting the hours

I hate what I see but I can’t look away

From the trainwreck we watch

From our armchairs each day

Are we powerless pawns in the games people play

I try and blind myself to the pain

Disconnect my heart from my brain

If we’re gonna change a world gone insane

We just can’t, no we can’t, no I can’t look away