Anything

I can’t speak your language
But can you read my mind
There’s so much I could tell you
I guess now’s not the time

It’s not that I don’t want you to have anything
I don’t have anything to give
The overwhelming needs around me
Will empty my pocket

But if I could do anything
If I could do anything

I’d build you a house
I’d buy you good food
I’d put you in school
I’d buy you brand new shoes
I’d get you all the things
You ever wanted and more

The need paralyzes me
I want to close my eyes
I want to pretend that you’re happy
Just because you smile

All my solutions require money
Can money save a life?
What has money done to me,
That I can’t even cry?

But if I could do anything
If I could do anything

I’d build you a house
I’d buy you good food
I’d put you in school
I’d buy you brand new shoes
I’d get you all the things
You ever wanted and more
All the things I ever wanted and more…

Musical Solo of some sort…

So God, what could you be thinking?
To see this all the time
Do you close eyes & close your ears
To the begging mother’s cry

Does the stench of urine and feces,
Make you wanna lodge at the Hilton tonight?
Does the crowded, mob-like city
Make you feel like staying inside?

Do you ever want it to go away?
Why don’t you make it go away?
Please make it go away?
Please make it go away?
How can I do anything to make it go away?
What do you want me to do to make it go away?
I’ll give my life to make it go away!
I’ll give my life to make it go away!

We’re gonna build you a house
We’re gonna grow you some food
Let’s go to school
Here, take my shoes

Meet my kids
They’re your siblings too
I’ll be your Dad
My Wife can be a Mom to you

I have all the things you ever needed and more
You are everything we’ve ever needed and more
He is everything we’ve ever needed and more