Neighbors

I got on the train today, I looked around

And saw so many holdin' pain, sit in the crowd

But still we all just look away

The city keeps its pace relentlessly



We pass each other on the street

So complicated, we're all coping with the mystery

Carry our trauma, try to quiet down our histories

And yet we're all the same thing underneath



Does it take a hurricane to unite a culture?

A fire or some other natural disaster?

Is there time to lend a hand or a favor

Instead of treating love like it hurts



'Cause aren't we neighbors

Aren't we neighbors

Aren't we neighbors

Of the earth



You're caught behind an ambulance

You're mad, you're stuck in traffic, then you lose your patience

But are you thinking of the medics and patients

Or thinking of yourself entirely?



We buy some shoes with lower fees

Somebody somewhere made those shoes inside a factory

To know they're healthy is our responsibility

But still we keep consuming thoughtlessly



Does it take a thousand lives to unite a culture?

Spilling oil or other manmade disasters?

Is there time to take notice of our laborers

And realize they're worth more than their work?



'Cause aren't we neighbors

Aren't we neighbors

Aren't we neighbors

Of the earth?



It don't matter what politics you care for

We are neighbors, we are neighbors

It don't matter what bag of tricks they paid for

We are neighbors, we are neighbors



It don't matter the color of our skin

We are neighbors, we are neighbors

It don't matter what country I'm in

We are neighbors



Aren't we neighbors

Aren't we neighbors

Aren't we neighbors

Of the earth



Aren't we neighbors

Aren't we neighbors

Aren't we neighbors

Of the earth