Song Description

A modern protest song

Lyrics

Hungry Ghosts

Just another oil spill
Forests burning in Brazil
Little kids with guns who kill don't play
And we are full of words like could
If I could I really would
Anyway, I know I should, O.K.?

So, let's keep on talking
'Cause talk is cheap,
And making promises
We never mean to keep
Yea, let's keep on saying
the things we always say
Were just betraying
Our own selves anyway

We've tried to slow our frantic flight
Into the shallow black and white
Into the mind of wrong and right, in vain
With cravings we can never still
And stomachs we can never fill
Just hungry ghosts who've lost their will remain

So, let's keep on talking
Talking in our sleep
And making promises
We can never keep
Yea, let's keep on saying
All the things we say
We're just betraying our own selves anyway

It has taken centuries
To arive at times like these
A giant's fallen to his knees insane
Enough for all going to some
Let's face it we're all numb
Or else we might be overcome with pain

So, let's keep on talking
'Cause talk is cheap
And making promises
We never seem to keep
Yea, let's keep on saying
The things we always say
We're just betraying our own selves anyway

c copyright 1998 Carolyn Baron