Mother, father please explain to me
Why a world so full of mystery
place so bitter and still so sweet
So beautiful and yet so full of sad, sad...

Mother, father please explain to me
Why forests march to desert speed
While snowcapped mountains melt away
What do we tell our babies, when do we say, oh

Mother, father please explain to me
How a man who rocks his child to sleep
Pulls the trigger on his brother's heart
He digs a hole right to the middle of this storm of hatred

Mother, father please explain to me
How it could be so this world [bad word] to be
precious balance in between
Such [bad word] and such kindness please

Mother, father please explain to me
How this world [bad word] to be
Unequaled in her blessings, oh, I see
Unbridled hatred so extreme, please tell me

Mother, father please explain to me
How this world [bad word] to be so
Twisted between time and dreams
Oh, mother, father please explain to me
Oh, what's all this talk about?
All this talk about it
Spinning down, down, down, down, down
All this talk about
Endless words without
Nothing's done

Mother, father do you know
Why one man's belly overflows
Another sleeps in hunger's bed
Oh, we trade our world for a piece of bread

Oh Mother, father please explain to me
How this rare [bad word] to be
place so full of color yet overflowing
Always in black and white
Drowning in the waters of our...

Mother, father please explain to me
How this world [bad word] to be
While still blessed in all the things we see
Such a sad, sad home for you and me
 [bad word] out, and hold, [bad word] on out you [bad word] on out you [bad word] and save yourself
 [bad word] on out you [bad word] on we're taking the water
We're taken the water
We're taken the water
But you know
We got the freedom
We got the freedom

There's no God above
And no [bad word] below
Oh, it's here with us
It's up to us
To keep afloat

How this sweet world [bad word] to be
Oh to keep afloat

Mother, father please explain to me
How this rare world [bad word] to be
Oh, let the blue planet
Let the blue planet

Mother, father please explain to me
Mother, father please explain