
Someone Else's Problem Lyrics
- Genre:Folk
- Year of Release:2022
Lyrics
Met Kim at the solstice and you asked her in for tea
She was set up and sleeping by the corner gum tree
She ate and she danced, a good time on her own
But saw the fear in her eye as we packed up and went home
We locked up and went home
It was a cold December night and you barely slept
With Kim on your mind you tossed turned and you wept
So early next morn you went back to that tree
Said, Hey can I make you a coffee?
Christmas is here again
Run another lap with your family and friends
But what about those doin' it rough on their own?
I guess I chalk 'em up as someone else's problem
Yeah I chalk 'em up as someone else's problem
You tried to help Kim, tried to sort her a phone
But to set up a SIM card you need a fixed home
You got her a few nights in that grimy motel
Ooooh what's the point, I wanted to yell
Yeah I actually got annoyed driving you both around
Cause we were clutching at straws to track her family down
And Kim had been on the streets now for four odd years
The hopelessness of it all well it had you in tears
I think I felt guilty and ashamed of all the unfairness
Of living most of my life with so little care and awareness
Of those who take so little, while I take so much
You showed me how I'd been so out of touch
But the truth is right there, it's just uncomfortable to feel
Whether it's our cooking planet or those without a next meal
And I guess that's how we got here, in a world so messed up
Is we turned the blind eye
And we chalked it up as someone else's problem
Christmas is here again
Run another lap with my family and friends
Without sparing a thought to the pain of the world
And just chalk it up as someone else's problem
Christmas is here again, am I really gonna
Run another lap with my family and friends
Without opening this heart to the pain of the world
And just chalk it up as someone else's problem
Nah you taught me that it's all of our problem