I'll be picking a new one out for a future Song the Day‚ but today "How Come" off of Trouble stands out to me. Besides always making me think he's about to break into "Feelin' Alright" (can you hear it? gets me every time)‚ the lyrics hit right home with me‚ and now so more than ever. Is change on the way? I sure hope so…

Ray LaMontagne - "How Come"

People on the street now
Faces long and grim
Souls are feeling heavy
And faith is growing thin
Fears are getting stronger
You can feel them on the rise
Hopelessness got some by the throat you can see it in their eyes
I said how come
How come
Everybody on a shoestring
Everybody in a hole
Everybody crossing their fingers and toes
Government man spin his politics till he got you pinned
Everybody trying to reach out to each other
But they don't know where to begin
I said how come
I can't tell
the free world
from living hell
I said how come
How come
all I see
is a child of god
in misery
I said how come the pistol now as profit
The bullet some kind of lord and king
But pain is the only promise that this so called savior is going to bring
Love can be a liar
And justice can be a thief
And freedom can be an empty cup from which everybody want to drink
I said how come
I can't tell
the free world
from living hell
I said how come
How come
All I see
is a child of god
in misery
I said how come
It's just man killing man
Killing man
Killing man
Killing man
Killing man
I don't understand
It's just man killing man

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