Some Good people Left

STILL SOME GOOD LEFT IN US

Verse 1

I woke up this morning, turned the television on

Another mother crying, another young man gone

Everybody's shouting, nobody wants to hear

We got a thousand ways to talk now

But we never felt less near

There's a man beneath the overpass

With his whole life in a sack

And people hurry by him

Like they're scared to look him back

Lord, I don't know when it happened

Or how we got this far

But somewhere chasing heaven

We forgot just where we are

Chorus

But I still believe there's some good left in us

Something the hate hasn't touched

A hand reaching down

When a stranger can't get up

A light in the window

When the road gets rough

Call me an old fool

But I still believe

There's some good left in us

Verse 2

Now children learn to hate from people

Old enough to know it's wrong

And a lie can cross the whole wide world

Before the truth gets its boots on

We draw our little lines

And swear our side is right

Then wonder why our babies

Are afraid to sleep at night

I don't care who you voted for

Or what name you give your God

If a hungry child is standing there

Feed him what you've got

You can wave a flag on Sunday

You can preach till your face turns blue

But love ain't what you say you are

Love is what you do

Chorus

And I still believe there's some good left in us

Something the hate hasn't touched

A hand reaching down

When a stranger can't get up

A light in the window

When the road gets rough

Call me an old fool

But I still believe

There's some good left in us

Bridge

I've lived long enough to know

Every generation says the world's about to end

But I've also lived long enough to see

An enemy become a friend

I've watched hard men fall down crying

I've seen broken families mend

And I've learned you don't save this world

All at once

You save the person standing next to you

And then you do it again

Verse 3

So put the damn phone down for a minute

Sit beside your old man

Ask your mother for the story

You've heard a hundred times again

Tell your brother that you love him

Even if you don't agree

And if somebody's all alone tonight

Pull up another seat

We don't need another hero

Selling promises and fear

We need ordinary people

Who still give a damn down here

Maybe peace won't make the headlines

Maybe kindness ain't enough

But every time this world turns cold

Somebody's gotta warm it up

Final Chorus

And I still believe there's some good left in us

More than the anger, more than the dust

I believe a heart can change

I believe a wound can close

I believe there's still a little mercy

Down every broken road

And when my time is over

Don't carve much into that stone

Just say I loved a troubled world

And I never gave up hope

No, I never gave up hope

Outro – quiet, almost spoken

We made this world together.

Maybe that's how we fix it, too.

One hand.

One heart.

One somebody at a time.