The Drum

THE DRUM - Written by Carroll Bryant

Standing on the threshold of a world that is so cold

I watch the politicians as they all get bought and sold

The grass just isn't greener on the other side anymore

No shelter for the homeless 

No money for the poor

And the beat goes on and on 

Marching to a different drum

And the beat goes on and on

Dumb keeps getting dumb

Children are not laughing like they once did in the past

Crimes against our nature has caught up to us at last

The cheaper road we travel 

The more our attitude 

We're fighting for our pleasures while the hungry beg for food

Learning is the answer

Earning is the key

How long with our prejudice before we can look to see?

So quick to talk to Jesus

So soon we walk away

We figure out solutions just to throw them all away

And the beat goes on and on 

Marching to a different drum

And the beat goes on and on

Dumb keeps getting dumb

The trial that took forever by our hands was custom made

Blacks and whites together

Digging deeper our own graves

As crazy as we're getting the more to less we care

Hurting each other knowing all to well unfair

And the beat goes on and on 

Marching to a different drum

And the beat goes on and on

Dumb keeps getting dumb

And the beat goes on and on

Everybody wants to buy a gun

And the beat goes on and on

Dumb keeps getting dumb

And the beat goes on and on ......