Lyrics

Well I rode into town under a blood red moon
My sister said "brother, better come home soon
Something is happening, it's all very strange
People are different, they're just not the same"
I said "wait a minute, sister, tell me how can this be?"
She said "let me tell you, brother, just listen to me
I know we grew up with people who cared
When people needed help everyone did their share"
But that was then and this is now
We seem to get it all turned around somehow
People are hungry, people need homes
I never saw so many people alone
Nobody talks, they just watch TV
They've lost any sense of community
Even with all these people around
I feel like I'm living in a ghost town

So I went to my school to see what I could learn
But I could not get in I had to wait my turn
Seems that they were checking the kids for their guns
Everyone's too scared to have any fun
So I went to the library to take out a book
But the building was locked, there was no place to look
The town has no money, they can't pay their bills
When we were growing up every day was a thrill
But that was then and this is now
We seemed to get it all turned around somehow
People are hungry, people need homes
I never saw so many people alone
Nobody talks, they just watch TV
They've lost any sense of community
Even with all these people around
I feel like I'm living in a ghost town.

Well I started to tremble, I started to shake
I said "sister how could we have made such a mistake?
Have we lost our minds are did we simply forget?
Are we trapped forever in this crazy net?
Let's take back our homes and take back our towns
There's magic in the air just waiting to be found
It starts with you and it starts with me
But we better move fast if we want to be free"
That was then and this is now
We seemed to get it all turned around somehow
People are hungry, people need homes
I never saw so many people alone
Nobody talks, they just watch TV
They've lost any sense of community
Even with all these people around
I feel like I'm living in a ghost town