It's not as strange as it may seem
That your life has not changed totally
And as many as a man has said before
"Your life could be outside the door"
But still you just carry on
Without a care for what's going on
You take everything for granted
You get up and eat - then you go to bed
And you watch the news on TV
Come in from work and eat your tea
And starving millions watch and wait
As you plunge your knife into your steak
You see world leaders meet demands
And say world peace is at our hands
You come home with a knife in your back
Next door neighbor is beating his wife
You don't see at her throat there's a knife
Let them sort their problems out for themselves
There's a saying keep yourself to yourself
Across the street you hear a little girl cry
Still you think that everything is alright
Then you find out the very next day
Her innocence was taken away
You've got problems of your own
And charity begins at home
And about the s*** you have nothing to say
You read the paper every day
I guess you're just an everyday man
You always do the beat that you can
And we all make the same mistakes
For being human is what it takes
What would you say if your wife
Walked out today taking the kids?
Would you go and live with you mistress
With whom you've risked
What would you say when caught red-handed
Doing it in your own bed?
I hear this everyday - if doesn't matter what you say
The same things all the time
It's no praying on my mind
Look at the clock running out of time
You've got your eyes and I've got mine
Hands in pockets to check your wealth
Full view mirror - the state of your health
Out with your best friend on a Saturday night
Come home drunk to argue with your wife
The up early - you've got to go to work
What you think - you don't want to talk
What would you do if your brother caught AIDS
Hide your face?
Open your mind a little bit more
They're looking for a cure
And he's not the only one
There are many many more
That your life has not changed totally
And as many as a man has said before
"Your life could be outside the door"
But still you just carry on
Without a care for what's going on
You take everything for granted
You get up and eat - then you go to bed
And you watch the news on TV
Come in from work and eat your tea
And starving millions watch and wait
As you plunge your knife into your steak
You see world leaders meet demands
And say world peace is at our hands
You come home with a knife in your back
Next door neighbor is beating his wife
You don't see at her throat there's a knife
Let them sort their problems out for themselves
There's a saying keep yourself to yourself
Across the street you hear a little girl cry
Still you think that everything is alright
Then you find out the very next day
Her innocence was taken away
You've got problems of your own
And charity begins at home
And about the s*** you have nothing to say
You read the paper every day
I guess you're just an everyday man
You always do the beat that you can
And we all make the same mistakes
For being human is what it takes
What would you say if your wife
Walked out today taking the kids?
Would you go and live with you mistress
With whom you've risked
What would you say when caught red-handed
Doing it in your own bed?
I hear this everyday - if doesn't matter what you say
The same things all the time
It's no praying on my mind
Look at the clock running out of time
You've got your eyes and I've got mine
Hands in pockets to check your wealth
Full view mirror - the state of your health
Out with your best friend on a Saturday night
Come home drunk to argue with your wife
The up early - you've got to go to work
What you think - you don't want to talk
What would you do if your brother caught AIDS
Hide your face?
Open your mind a little bit more
They're looking for a cure
And he's not the only one
There are many many more