If Only

She says that the world is the kind of place
She would like to rearrange
'Cause it feels just like a cage
Where the bars are made of hatred and the company is ungrateful for the
Gift of life that they call miserable, and
Strangely it's invisible to them
That the vanity they've chosen
Is nothing more but meaningless
So she says to me

Oh, if only I could show them that the world is so unkind
'Cause they've locked themselves inside
If they would only open up their minds
Then the meaning would not be so hard to find
If only they could see that they are blind
Yeah you know that I would show them
But they just don't seem to want to know it, no

So she buys a drink and she turns to the man at the bar
and she asks him "well, what do you think?" and he replies
"I don't know where this world is going
I cant see the end of the tracks
How do i get back to the way things are supposed to be
How do I get free
Because my son is busy drowning his heart
While the rest of my family is falling apart
And my mother is dying of the cancer disease
And everything is far from easy, do you have a suggestion for me
And she says to him

Oh, if only I could show them that the world is so unkind
'Cause they've locked themselves inside
If they would only open up their minds
Then the meaning would not be so hard to find
If only they could see that they are blind
Yeah you know that I would show them
But they just don't seem to want to know it, no no

And the man looks up at the girl who's serving his beer
And she says to him "I know its not my conversation
But, excuse me, I would like to says something
Because this war is killing my family one by one
And I can't understand why the man who says he loves me
Now says he's done
I'm working two jobs and I'm going to school
I can't afford to live by the rules anymore
I've gotta pay this fine 'cause I didn't park inside the lines
And now I'm wishing that the world was not such a lonely place
Excuse me while I wipe the tears off of my face

And my girl turns to me
She whispers in my ear
One more time, she says to me
(Woo!)

Oh, if only I could show them that the world is so unkind
'Cause they've locked themselves inside
If they would only open up their minds
Then the meaning would not be so hard to find
If only they could see that they are blind
Yeah you know that I would show them
But they just don't seem to want to know it, no