Listen here, can you feel the pain?
Does it hurt you when you see the need?
Does it melt your heart? Does it make it bleed?

So, listen here, how can you shut your eyes?
Do you think the problem will go away?
You may lose the picture but the pain will stay
So, when will we learn? When will we learn?

Instead of filling our hunger for greed
We should be helping a child in need
Could it be true for you this Christmas?
Could it be true for you?
True? For you could be giving up some of your life
So that others may simply survive
Could it be true for you this Christmas?
Could it be true for you this life?

So I sit and wonder what to do
The problems all seem so immense
The pain and suffering so intense
And then I think of everything we have
I think about the roof above
I think of all the food and love

When will we learn?…

Instead of…