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EmMother Father please explain to me DWhy a world so full of mystery CA place so bitter and still so sweet BSo beautiful and yet so full of sad sad
(Emi,D,C,H) Mother Father please explain to me Why forests march to deserts be While snow capped mountains melt away What do we tell our babies What do we say Ref.
AmMother father please explain to me EmHow a man who rocks his child to sleep AmYet pulls the trigger on his brother's heart F#mHe digs a hole right to the middle of aH2 storm of hatred
(Emi,D,C,H) 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 kindness please please (Emi,D,C,H) Mother Father please explain to me How this world has come to be Unequalled in her blessings oh I see Unbridled hatred so extreme please tell me Ref. Mother Father please explain to me How the world has come to be so Twisted between time and dreams Oh Mother Father please explain to me What's all this talk about Spinning down down down down down All this talk about All these words without And nothing done (Emi,D,C,H) Mother Father do you know Why one mans belly overflows Another sleeps in hungers bed We'd trade our world for a piece of bread (Emi,D,C,H) Mother father please explain to me How this rare worlds come to be A place so full of color yet overflowing always In black and white black and white Drowning in the waters of our Ref. Mother father please explain to me How the world has come to be While still blessed in all the things we see Such a sad sad home for you and me Come on Come on out you save yourself We're taking on water But we've got the freedom There's no God above, no hell below It's here with us, it's up to us To keep afloat