Not Enough
Lyrics written by Neil O'Brien.
I always feel ashamed / When beggars mumble for change
I start mumbling myself / And can't look them in the face
Just hand him a few coins / And then hurry away
Wondering what reduced him / To living that way.
I know its not enough / But it's all I've got
I do what I can / Though its not my fault
The system divides us / It's the root of all crime
Its an endless fight / Just to survive.
Its not enough - enough! Enough!
Give one, take two / Somehow nothing improves
Fools still crying / For the children they've doomed
By upholding the system / And guarding its walls
The reason some have nothing / Is that others have it all.
Good intentions haunt / The road to hell
But real change seems to be / The hardest thing to sell
Out of sight, out of mind / You ignore all the suffering
Just smother your guilt / And then blame the victim.
"It's terrible, but what can you do?
Personally, I give as little as £2 a month
To salve my conscience."
Yeah you treat the symptoms, don't consider the cause
Its not enough.
Its not a lack of food / That makes people starve
Its not a clash of cultures that / Starts all the wars
It's the profit-driven market / At the root of it all
If you want to save the children / Then this system must fall.
Cos charity is not enough. / Reform is not enough.
What the world needs is / Nothing less than revolution.