The Enemy Walks Right By

Sunday afternoon baseball game
Hip-hip-hooray, the home team won
People all laughin' and smilin' with each other
Comin' out of the stadium
They took a chance on fightin' the traffic
Took a chance on a chance of rain
They say there's no better way to spend a summer's day
Than with America's favorite game

But right in the middle of our celebration
Amid us goodhearted fans galore
I saw people sittin' there with empty stares
Who didn't give a damn about the score
Help the homeless; I'll work for food
God bless you if you spare some change
It was America's worst nightmare
Sharin' a bill with America's game

Now one man said he was a veteran
A veteran of Viet Nam
And he don't know what's worse 'cause by his country he's cursed
Would he rather fight the Viet Cong?
From the foxhole to the sidewalk
With no element of surprise
You know, it made my hear sore to see him fightin' a war
Where the enemy walks right by
Where the enemy walks right by

Well, now I'm makin' resolutions like on New Year's Eve
Thinking of ways I can improve my life
And soon my mind retreats to those city streets
And the troubled look in their eyes
And I know that I can don something
I know we all oughta do more
To stop ignorin' the people fightin' a war
Where the enemy walks right by

Where the enemy walks right by
Where the enemy walks right by