Tell me

Yet another lonely night
A homeless subway ride
Home is nowhere he can stay
He sleeps in the pouring rain
Pistol always paved the way
Shoot to kill like every day
Another child who bears cocaine
Grains of crystal feed his brain

There's a place in my heart
For the people
There's a place in my mind
All I need is answers

Please tell me, who can we blame
'Cause I feel ashamed
For all this grief and all this pain
Please tell me, who can we blame
'Cause I feel ashamed
As time goes by, we need a change

To the streets in search of light
Cannot read the signs in sight
Turned away by choice of skin
Questions why he cannot win
Working child, no time to learn
A family's living he must earn
An aching heart he can't escape
Of missing life right from the start
There's a place in my heart
For the people
There's a place in my mind
All I need is answers

Please tell me, who can we blame
'Cause I feel ashamed
For all this grief and all this pain
Please tell me, who can we blame
(Tell me)
'Cause I feel ashamed
As time goes by, we need a change

Please tell me, who can we blame
(Tell me, oh, tell me)
'Cause I feel ashamed
For all this grief and all this pain
Please tell me, who can we blame
'Cause I feel ashamed
As time goes by, we need a change

All we need is a change
Please tell me why, why
Oh, won't you tell me
I wanna know
Promise me, oh
Won't you please tell me, ooh
Tell me, babe
Won't you please tell me
Please tell me, who can we blame
(Uh-huh)
'Cause I feel ashamed
For all this grief and all this pain
Please tell me, who can we blame
'Cause I feel ashamed
(Oh, I really wish)
As time goes by, we need a change

Please tell me, who can we blame
(Won't you tell me)
'Cause I feel ashamed
For all this grief and all this pain
Please tell me, who can we blame
(Won't you tell me, I feel ashamed, yeah)
'Cause I feel ashamed
(I really, really wanna change)
As time goes by, we need a change

Oh
Tell me, tell me who
I feel ashamed
For all this grief and all this pain
Oh
Tell me, tell me who
As time goes by, we need a change