Is the Rich-Poor Divide - the gap between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' getting wider, year by year? But nobody wants to be the one to say 'It's Down To Me!'. So we blame it on 'the others', it's the way Life's meant to be ...
Long-time English lyricist and songwriter / co-writer, still 'battling' in the 'Songwriters' School of Hard Knocks!!'
Story behind the song
Our wake-up call against world poverty and inequality, as, with each passing year, the rich get even richer, and the poor get ...
Lyrics
Children in the city
Growing old before their time
Education? What a pity!
All they learn is crime
And they'll turn out like their fathers
We knew it all along
It's another generation growing wrong
In the promised Land of Plenty
Is there nothing left to share?
When we all see 20/20
Are we still too blind to care?
And we blame it on "the others"
It's the way life's meant to be
Nobody wants to be the one to say
"It's down to me"
(Down to me)
It all comes down to me
(Down to me)
Single mother shivers
On a cold December night
No money for the meter
So she wraps her baby tight
And she hasn't seen the father
Since the day she broke the news
But everybody's got their right to choose
In the promised Land of Plenty
Is there nothing left to share?
When we all see 20/20
Are we still too blind to care?
And we blame it on "the others"
It's the way life's meant to be
Nobody wants to be the one to say
"It's down to me"
(Down to me)
It all comes down to me
(Down to me)
In the promised Land of Plenty
Is there nothing left to share?
When we all see 20/20
Are we still too blind to care?
And we blame it on "the others"
It's the way life's meant to be
Nobody wants to be the one to say...
Living in the gutter
Not a pretty scene
It makes us feel disgusted
When we keep ourselves so clean
"Surely their own fault?"
We console ourselves, we know
We could never, ever sink that low!
In the promised Land of Plenty
Is there nothing left to share?
When we all see 20/20
Are we still too blind to care?
And we blame it on "the others"
It's the way life's meant to be
Nobody wants to be the one to say
"It's down to me"
It's down to me
It all comes down to me
Down to me
It all comes down to me
Down to me
It all comes down to me
Down to me
It all comes down to me
Down to me
""Study Shows Income Gap Between Rich and Poor Keeps Growing" - New York Times 2019/09/10/