Everything's gonna be alright boys, help is on the way Hold your head up high now, there's no need to cry now We're not running anymore Leave the politics behind boys, they're not working anymore There's so much more at stake here, it's make or break

It's a cheating situation When there's no love at home A stealing invitation To take what's not really ours To make it through the midnight hours It's a cheating situation Just a cheap imitation Doing what we have to do There's no use in pretending

Fast falls the eventide, it’s Friday night And I’ve only got to work until the day I’ve got a message to send back home Saying, Mama, I just had to be away Saying, Mama, sorry I had to leave Mama, sorry I had to leave I have to work another night shift I

Anytime she goes away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone I know, I know, I know, I know, I know And this house just ain't no home It's not warm when she's away And she's always gone too long Wonder this time where she's gone Wonder if she's gone to stay

Why go home? Why go home, why go home, why go home, why go home What you taught me (why go home) She scratches a letter Into a wall made of stone Maybe someday Another child Won't feel as alone as she does It's been two years

Send us home Children still play in the garden Dance as the sun slips away Not even stars last forever Cleanse us Acid rain Our day has come It's drawn in the sky So don't shead a tear now Be thankful for the time

In search of the pot of gold All the spotlight Is not for me I close my eyes And imagine I'm home I miss the days When life was simple But if I never tried to follow that rainbow It's a mother out there right now

Da da da da I feel uptight when I walk in the city I feel so cold when I'm at home Feels like everything's starting to hit me I lost bed ten minutes ago Modern guilt I'm staring at nothing Modern guilt I'm under lock and key It's not what I have changed,

It's not where I belong Windows in rooms that I'm passin' through Little boy, six years old A little too used to bein' alone Another new mom and dad, another school Another house that'll never be home When people ask him how he likes this place He looks

Anytime she goes away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, gone away It's not warm when she's away And she's always gone to long Wonder this time where she's gone Wonder if she's gone to