Playing With Matches - Carrie Newcomer

Read the paper in said that we’ve

Got one child in eight that goes hungry

That our people just aren’t learning to read

Listen to the sound

There’s a call for help that’s getting louder

A plea for justice when none is offered

If a rock gets thrown the glass will shatter

Listen for the sound

Playing with matches, playing with fire

Playing with the earth for our own desires

God’s not a gun that’s up for hire

Listen to the sound

Wrote a letter to the President

When he said «God's on our side»

Pray for peace by build this war

And victory will be mine"

I said «You're playing with matches, playing with fire

Playing with the earth for your own desires

God’s not a gun that’s up for hire

Listen to the sound

It’s not too late, it’s not too late

I still believe, I still believe

We could be fine, we could be great

We could get our people what they really need

One more time we flirt with disaster

Threaten to scorch the earth forever after

We can’t hear the sound of the devil’s laughter

Listen for the sound

'Cause the earth can get angry and it won’t pull punches

If we throw her away like these fast food lunches

And we’ll stand like sheep in frightened bunches

Listen for the sound

Playing with matches, playing with fire

Playing with the earth for our own desires

God’s not a gun that’s up for hire

Listen to the sound