People on the street now
Faces long and grim
Souls are feeling heavy
And faith is growing thin

Fears are getting stronger
You 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 on this old jet plane
Crossing their fingers and toes

Government man spin his politics
Till they 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 prophet
The bullet some kind of lord and king
But pain is the only promise
That this so-called savior's gonna bring

Love can be a liar
And justice can be a thief
And freedom can be an empty cup
From which everybody wanna 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
I don't understand it
It's just man killing man
Killing man killing man killing man
I don't understand it

It's just man killing man
Killing man killing man killing man
Killing man killing man killing man
Killing man killing man

I don't understand it
I don't understand it
I don't understand it
I don't understand it

How come
I said how come
How come
I said how come