Mother Father (Dave Matthews Band)

Mother Father please explain to me Why the world's so full of mystery A 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 deserts be Why snow capped mountains melt away What do we tell our babies, what do we say Oh Mother Father please explain to me How a man rocks his child to sleep Pulls the trigger on his brother's heart He digs a hole right to the middle of his storm of hatred Mother Father please explain to me How it could be so this world has come to be A precious balance in between Such cruelty and such kind Please, please Mother Father please explain to me How this world has come 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 has come 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 Spilling down, down, down, down, down All this talk about Endless words without Nothings 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 world's come to be A place so full of color and yet overflowing always in black and white Drowning in the waters of our Mother Father please explain to me How this world has come to be But still blessed in all the things we see Such a sad, sad home for you and me C'mon, adult C'mon not you, c'mon not you Come a save yourself C'mon I'll do C'mon, we're taken on water We're taken on water, we're taken on water But you know We got the freedom! We got the freedom! There's no god above and no hell below It's here with us, It's up to us To keep afloat How this sweet world has come to be Oh, to keep afloat Mother Father please explain to me! How this rare world has come to be Oh, the blue planet, the blue planet Mother Father please explain to me Mother Father please explain