I was standing in the grocery store line, the one marked "Express", when this
woman came through with about 25 things. And I said, "Don't you know that more is
less?"
She said this world is moving so fast, I just get more behind every day
And every morning when I make my coffee, I can't be- lieve my life has turned
out this way. All I can say is -
Chorus: Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain
He was walking by the other day and I said, "Hey, baby, how yah been?"
Yeah! I got a little girl now and she's four years old and she's got her daddy's little
grin
You only wanted what you can't have, and baby you can't have me now
I gave my heart to another yeah, I'm a mother and he's a father and we're a family
and we got each other and I found out the hard way that -
CHORUS (lead harmony), then 4 measure instrumental with harmonica
You drive 3 miles from all this prosperity, down across the river and you see a
ghetto there.
We got children walking around with guns and they got knives and drugs
and pain to spare.
And here I am in my clean white shirt with a little money in my pocket and a nice
warm home.
We got teenagers walking around in a culture of darkness living together
alone.
CHORUS (lead harmony)
Refrain: And no, I can't explain it, and I can't understand it, but I'll come and
get my hands dirty and together we'll make a stand.
Mostly Bass Someone across the parking lot, some band's playing out a tune.
City streets are gonna burn if we don't do somethin' soon
Senorita can't quit crying, baby's die now any day. Don Juan left, got
sick of trying. No one there to show him the way.
She came down to the grocery store, she said, "I, I wanna buy a little carton of milk,
but I don't have any money." I said hey, "I'll cover you honey."
Cause the pain got to go somewhere ( I don't have any money, I don't have any
money)
Yeah, the pain's gotta go someplace, so come on down to my house. Don't you
know that -
CHORUS 2X
*G/Bm = Bass plays B (Bm implied) over "G" chord or Bm may be played on guitar.
woman came through with about 25 things. And I said, "Don't you know that more is
less?"
She said this world is moving so fast, I just get more behind every day
And every morning when I make my coffee, I can't be- lieve my life has turned
out this way. All I can say is -
Chorus: Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough for all the pain
He was walking by the other day and I said, "Hey, baby, how yah been?"
Yeah! I got a little girl now and she's four years old and she's got her daddy's little
grin
You only wanted what you can't have, and baby you can't have me now
I gave my heart to another yeah, I'm a mother and he's a father and we're a family
and we got each other and I found out the hard way that -
CHORUS (lead harmony), then 4 measure instrumental with harmonica
You drive 3 miles from all this prosperity, down across the river and you see a
ghetto there.
We got children walking around with guns and they got knives and drugs
and pain to spare.
And here I am in my clean white shirt with a little money in my pocket and a nice
warm home.
We got teenagers walking around in a culture of darkness living together
alone.
CHORUS (lead harmony)
Refrain: And no, I can't explain it, and I can't understand it, but I'll come and
get my hands dirty and together we'll make a stand.
Mostly Bass Someone across the parking lot, some band's playing out a tune.
City streets are gonna burn if we don't do somethin' soon
Senorita can't quit crying, baby's die now any day. Don Juan left, got
sick of trying. No one there to show him the way.
She came down to the grocery store, she said, "I, I wanna buy a little carton of milk,
but I don't have any money." I said hey, "I'll cover you honey."
Cause the pain got to go somewhere ( I don't have any money, I don't have any
money)
Yeah, the pain's gotta go someplace, so come on down to my house. Don't you
know that -
CHORUS 2X
*G/Bm = Bass plays B (Bm implied) over "G" chord or Bm may be played on guitar.