Tell Me Why - Steeleye Span

Mothers crying in the street

Children dying at their feet, tell me why

People starving everywhere there’s too much food but none to spare, tell me why

Can you see that shaft of sunlight

Can you see it in my eyes

I can feel the fire that’s burning

Anger and hope so deep

So deep within my heart

Before my eyes

For some it seems to late

It seems there’s no-one listening

People sleeping in the streets

No roof above no food to eat, tell me why

See the questions in their eyes

Listen to their childrens cries

Tell me why

If there’s a God, is he watching

Can he give a ray of hope

So much pain so much sorrow

Tell me what does he see

When he looks at you

When he looks at me

What would he say

It seems there’s no-one listening

Who would think it still could happen

Even in this time and place

Politicians, they may save themselves

But they won’t save their face

Just hope against hope

It’s not to late

You say there’s nothing you can do

Is there one rule for them and one for you

Tell me why

Listen can you see that shaft of sunlight

Can you see it in my eyes

I can feel the fire that’s burning

Anger and hope so deep

So deep within my heart

Before my eyes

For some it’s to late

It seems there’s no-one listening

Hurry for me, hurry for me, they cry