Ray Lamontagne - How Come lyrics

People on the street now

Faces long and grim

Souls are feeling heavy and

Faith is growing thin

Fears are getting stronger

You can feel them on the rise

Hopelessness got some by the throat

You can see it in their eyes

I said how come

How come

Everybody on a shoestring

Everybody in a hole

Everybody on his own

Crossing their fingers and toes

Goverment man spin his politics 'till they got you pinned

Everybody trying to reach out to each other

But they don't know where to begin

I said how come

I can't tell

The free world from living hell

I said how come

How come

All I see is a child of God in mysery

I said how come

The pistol now as prophet

The bullet some kind of lord and king

But pain is the only promise

That this so called saviour is gonna bring

Love can be a liar

And justice can be a thief

And freedom can be an empty cup

From which everybody wanna drink

I said how come

I can't tell

The free world from living hell

I said how come

How come

All I see is a child of God in mysery

I said how come

It's just man killing man

Killing man. killing man

Killing man

I don't understand

It's just man killing man

Killing man, killing man

Killing man, killing man

Killing man, killing man

Killing man, killing man

I don't understand it

I don't understand it

How come

I said how come

How come

I said how come