Mothers grab your babies
and hold them to your breast
Somewhere something's happening
and they say your town might be next

You hear reports of gunfire
and terrible misdeeds
There's a time bomb ticking somewhere
and they say it's coming home to breed

There's panic in the streets
and we're all tuning to the news
Well something happened somewhere
as if it happened here to you

There's poison in the water
and cancer in the air!
But it makes for lousy television
which makes it really hard to care

Across the globe a bullet
rips through unsuspecting flesh
And somehow someone scary
says that your town could be next

There's poison in the water
and cancer in the air!
But it makes for lousy television
which makes it really hard to care

Stupid global village
well it didn't happen here
There are far more things that matter
than drowning in your fear

(repeat chorus and fade)

9/23/04