Washington is only eight years old
in an old abandoned car they call home
Since his daddy has been gone
From the windy city skyline
From Tommy's side of town
And there are far away places
That I would like to think
Keep all the world's suffering
But I can't keep pretending
When I only have to look as far
Tonight a little girl named Jessie
Will find it hard to sleep
Without the American dream
And without enough to eat
Sometimes you will find her
Wondering why so many things
And there are far away places
that I would like to think
Keep all the world suffering
But I can't keep pretending
when I only have to look as far
I will sing of compassion,
that in the very least of these
And there are far away places
That I would like to think
Keep all the world's suffering
At a seething arm's length
But I can't keep pretending
When I only have to look as far
