i live alone inside my mind everyday is the day i die i go walking up the street undetected in the heat with a thousand different faces passing by they re out there hanging posters of jesus on my block they ve covered every wall well i suppose we could all use a savior so i told em to do the whole city and save us all there s a young kid wailing mad on a saxophone someone screams man i dig the sound the girls around the corner can make your nights a little warmer if you just let em take you down but you gotta let em take you down right there are some men who would lead us to destruction they deal in dirt and pain and misery they talk the silver tongue one hand on a gun and spit lies at you and me most people around here got no money they got chains that rain straight to drains they work for somebody who answers to somebody else and nobody knows their names it s a shame come on come on and rise up take somebody by the hand come on come on and rise up all you ghosts of promised lands i m not talking about revolution i m not trying to make demands but i want you to know that wherever you go you got the whole wide world in your hands you got the whole wide world in your hands