There’s another rich man
Making a speech
Laying out his plan
About how to get us back on our feet

And there’s his rich wife
And his three rich kids
Never worked a day in their life
There just posing for pics

They never had a struggle
Trust funds, private schools
They look down on you and me
They got their own set of rules

Between the hope and the rage
We pray for better days to come
Between the hope and the rage
We push down the pain like we’ve always done

The American Dream
ain’t what it was
I got blood on my hands
That won’t wash off

Everyone is in debt
Everyone owes
Can’t afford my house
Can’t afford my clothes

This life we carve out
It’s like sand on the beach
And the tides coming in
To wipe it all clean

Between the hope and the rage
We pray for better days to come
Between the hope and the rage
We push down the pain like we’ve always done

Between the hope and the rage
We pray for better days to come
Between the hope and the rage
We all wait in change that never comes

Black men dying in the streets
Put your hands in the air
Guilty of nothing
Except the skin that you wear

8 minutes with a knee on his throat
She was laying in bed when she got shot
Sick and tired of living in fear
To lose the little bit we got

Broken families want justice
Bear witness to what can’t be unseen
Crying out for our mothers
Lord help me I can’t breath

Between the hope and the rage
We all wait on better days that never come
Between the hope and the rage
We all push down the pain like we always done

Take me to the water, Marie
I’m scared
of the ocean, though I can’t deny
It’s beauty
The mystery
of what lies beneath

So I’ll watch from the edge,
of the shore
Hesitant
of what’s in store,
for you, for us,
For everyone, forevermore

C’mon C’mon
Don’t give up
C’mon c’mon
Don’t give in
C’mon c’mon
Don’t let go
C’mon c’mon
We can win

Sequestered beauty
The Uncertainty
This invisible distance that separates us
Brings me to my knees

C’mon C’mon
Don’t give up
C’mon c’mon
Don’t give in
C’mon c’mon
Don’t let go
C’mon c’mon
We can win

This world is broken
Should we raise up the flag
No, I’ve got a couple of bucks, half a tank left
And I’ve always got your back

C’mon C’mon
Don’t give up
C’mon c’mon
Don’t give in
C’mon c’mon
Don’t let go
C’mon c’mon
We can win

Wake me up from this dream
This new reality
I’ve got nowhere to go
And this invisible distance
Brings me to my knees

There’s a for rolling off of that water
Up to the shoreline and across that beach
We used to walk on when we were younger
That memory is all I can see

I don’t need an explanation
I hope you’re happy and I hope you’re free
I don’t have any expectations
But tell me, tell me, tell me
Do you miss me Maureen

I’ve grown too old for reckless actions
Heart-broken love songs are for the young
But there’s a hole in me that just keeps growing
And your name is still on my tongue

I don’t need an explanation
I hope you’re happy and I hope you’re free
I don’t have any expectations
But tell me, tell me, tell me
Do you miss me Maureen

Tell me I didn’t waste my time
Tell me that some nights I cross your mind
We were kids when I let you go
How was I ever supposed to know

Maybe I should push back this bottle
Maybe I should put down this glass
I’ll do another shot for all my brothers
Here’s to the nights you can’t escape your past

I don’t need an explanation
I hope you’re happy and I hope you’re free
I don’t have any expectations
But tell me, tell me, tell me
Do you miss me Maureen