Only a Song Lyrics

I wouldn't make a sound if I wasn't
So angry.

I wouldn't be running if there wasn't so far
To go.

I wouldn't keep on if there wasn't something
Worth keeping.

I want to believe that
This mountain can be moved.

But this is only a song...
It can't change the world.

I get a little scared when I'm driving through
The ghetto.

There's a part of me
That wants to hide;

There's a part of me
That wants to move in. Because even though

I grew up in the suburbs, I didn't really grow
Until I learned how so many others lived.

But this is only a song...
It can't change the world.

I'm digging, digging deep
In myself.

But who needs a shovel
When you have a little boy like mine?

This ain't the world
That I want to give him;

People racing around in cars,
And cities you can't even walk across.

This is only a song...
It can't change the world.

I've been thinking about Providence-
And craving a Root Beer Float.

I didn't make these rules, but it's come time for us
To row this boat!

And on the horizon I see windmills
Spouting up in rows.

There's young folks farming, and a few
That are going to vote.

But this is only a song...
It can't change the world.

So why try?
Why even sing at all?

I picture the Harlem Globetrotters dancing
Like mosquitoes with a basketball.

Because there is beauty in freedom,
And folks like me came over on boats,

Flew in on planes, crawled under fences,
And fought wars, just to find a place

To be free.

But this is only a song...
It can't change the world.

This is only a song...
It can't change the world.

This is only a song...
It can't change the world.