Make an Honest Stand

How can I Know what I think all of the time When I haven't had time to think And sort my scattered mind? How can I Do what is right all of the time When what is right shifts and disrupts my paradigm? 'Cause in a world where fools and cynics Love to cast their stones While the burden of the proof Remains willfully unknown Where facts or formed from fiction And the truth is bent with ease How can I raise the flag and love my enemies? I'm trying hard to be a better man All I can do is make an honest stand How can I Love like I should, when my heart Is dry as wood, petrified in 30 feet of ash? How can I Run the good race when what I need is Someone to break both my legs and throw me on their back? 'Cause in a world where fools and cynics Try to bar the golden door To keep out the huddled masses The tired and the poor Where the homeless long for shelter From the chaos of the squalls How can I raise the flag and love beyond its walls? I'm trying hard to be a better man All I can do is make an honest stand 'Cause in a world where fools and cynics Put men below the bottom line As towns fall to addiction And their spirits slowly die While families fall to pieces And their homes to disrepair How can I raise the flag when even I don't seem to care enough To make an honest stand? I could try harder to be a better man