Every day that goes by, a new hungry baby starts to cry

Born astride a painful grave, drowned in hunger's tidal wave

Pick a child that you can save, it'd be the only one

If Africa escapes starvation, not only food but education

The desert grows with every minute, trapping everybody in it

All the children look the same, they wonder why they came



But it's hard to tell the poison from the cure

Harder still to know the reason why, why, why

The only thing I really know for sure

Is that another day, another day's gone by



Every day that goes by, a brand new missile points towards the sky

We're survivors of a game of chance, beneath an arms race avalanche

If you survive this winter's cold, you'd be the only one

If we escape annihilation, not only hope but education

The world is ruled by (?), adding to their weapon piles

Imagine what your taxes buy, we hardly ever try



But it's hard to tell the poison from the cure

Harder still to know the reason why, why, why

The only thing I really know for sure

Is that another day, another day's gone by



Oh that this too sullied flesh would melt and resolve into a dew

Suffocating lassitude, drowning in my platitude

Trapped by insecurities, I'm not the only one

If I survive this dislocation, have to use my education

The world is ruled by (?), adding to their weapon piles

Imagine what your taxes buy, we hardly ever try



But it's hard to tell the poison from the cure

Harder still to know the reason why, why, why

The only thing I really know for sure

Is that another day, another day's gone by