How Long — текст песни (Jackson Browne)

When you look into a childs face

And youre seeing the human race

And the endless possibilities there

Where so much can come true

And you think of the beautiful things

A child can do



How long -- would the child survive

How long -- if it was up to you



When you think about the money spent

On defense by a government

And the weapons of destruction weve built

Were so sure that we need

And you think of the millions and millions

That money could feed



How long -- can you hear someone crying

How long -- can you hear someone dying

Before you ask yourself why?

And how long will we hear people speaking

About missiles for peace

And just let it go by

How long will they tell us these weapons

Are keeping us free

Thats a lie



If you saw it from a satellite

With its green and its blue and white

The beauty of the curve of the earth

And its oceans below

You might think it was paradise

If you didnt know

You might think that its turning

But its turning so slow



How long -- can you hear someone crying

How long -- can you hear someone dying

Before you ask yourself why?

And how long will it be till weve turned

To the tasks and the skills

That well have to have learned

If were going to find our place in the future

And have something to offer

Where this planets concerned

How long?