What will it take for you
Just to see the light of day
People dying, children crying
While our mother's wasting away, oh, no
Does anybody care at all
A million gallons spilling and k**ing
Does anybody fear enough
To leave a world in waste to our children
Mother, if only I could be
The one to end your misery
You know I would
A world diseased by those
Who look the other way and ignore
While our hospitals
Wash their needles on her shores
Mother, it seems we've made it so hard
To hold this world together
What will it take for you
Just to see the light of day
What will it take for you
Just to see the light of day
And all the rain that would have fallen
On her forests that are gone
Cut down by greed and all that's left
Is a hole in the sky
Oh, mother, I pray it's not too late
To hold this world together
What will it take for you
Just to see the light of day
What will it take for you
Just to see the light of day
Oh, no
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Oh, what will it take for you
What will it take for you
What will it take for you
(The light of day)
What will it take for you
(The light of day)
What will it take for you
(The light of day)
What will it take for you
(The light of day...)