I Don't Know

Skin like leather, stretched and weathered Can't say whether sun or smoke Hair to shoulders - this man is older But still younger than I know And I will fall asleep while he lies down Beneath a streetlight on the edge of town And though I try to rest, my conscience screams I hear his mother whisper in my dreams, "Just because you need a savior doesn't mean you're just a sinner Just because there is a loser doesn't mean there is a winner And sometimes the right answer is 'I don't know'." Skin is snow white, as chemicals fight To keep the white light at an arm's length Hair is all gone, but still it's too strong And she's too young to go this way And I will fall asleep while she falls through, Between the lab coats in a sterile room And though I try to rest, my conscience screams I hear her father whisper in my dreams, "Just because you need a savior doesn't mean you're just a sinner Just because there is a loser doesn't mean there is a winner And sometimes the right answer is 'I don't know'." And I am screaming at the dice "Why'd you roll that way?" And I am pleading with the night, though it might be in vain So I will sing the only thing that I can say - Just because you know the weather Doesn't mean you know the season Just because you know a heart break Doesn't mean you know the reason And sometimes the right answer - Just because we need a savior doesn't mean we're less than sinners Just because we may be losers doesn't mean we can't be winners And sometimes the right answer - Sometimes the right answer - Sometimes the right answer is 'we don't know'