Burning Bed Lyrics

I wish my neighbors had more understanding

Of the way not understanding's used

And the people who share my way of thinking

Had a little less look down the nose attitude

I wish your mother wasn't so contentious

She loves as hard as the sky is blue

And I hope that mine can still remember

What her father held and son holds true

We have long days

And long nights of troubled sleep ahead

But I ain't ever been the one to say

Let's get out of a burning bed

The victor always writes the history

But truth is truth no matter how

Some algorithm moves and tries to trick me

Into believing wrong is right somehow

God damn the men who all knew better

But kept their mouths as closed as tombs

For power bought with shameful silence

Playing politics with poor girls' wombs

We have long days

And long nights of troubled sleep ahead

But I ain't ever been the one to say

Let's get out of a burning bed

Some day if we band together

And the levees 'round ideas hold

We may find ourselves in some drier weather

To watch a brighter day unfold

But in this time of tribulation

Keep steady, strong, and don't look down

'Cause even in the heart of darkness

A spark of hope can still be found

We have long days

And long nights of troubled sleep ahead

But I ain't ever been the one to say

Let's get out of a burning bed

We have long days

And long nights of troubled sleep ahead

But I ain't ever been the one to say

Let's get out of a burning bed