Joe Bruce & 2nd Avenue: The message is clear [lyrics]

Joe Bruce & 2nd Avenue: The message is clear [lyrics]

Joe Bruce & 2nd Avenue

The message is clear

People walk around these days

With both their eyes shut tight

Pretending that they just don't see

The light of what's going on

But we all know there's evil out there

Lurking in the dark

That tries to keep us stumbling

Til the whole world falls apart

We look and we listen

The vital signs we choose to ignore

We listen

But do we hear the call

When the message is clear

So very clear to me

The message is clear

Aren't you listening to your heart

The kids they're growing up too fast

You know they hardly stand a chance

Surrounded by the things they see

The drugs and the violence

But who will be responsible

For the shape of the world to come

If we keep breaking all the rules

You know we're bound to self-destruct

We look and we listen

The spirit speaking unto us all

We listen

But do we hear the call

And the message is clear

We can't go on this way

We've got to care

Look at what's happening to this world

Oh...the time has come

We've got to pull together

Come on people

Run from the darkness

Stand in the light of the sun

People live their lives these days

With misdirected minds

Believing what they know is wrong

We swallow up the lies

Morals that we built upon

Are all under attack

The humanistic vision spreads

But there's no hope in that

We look and we listen

The vital signs we choose to ignore

We listen

But do we hear the call

The message is clear

So very clear to me

The message is clear

Aren't you listening to your heart

You know the message is clear

We can't go on this way

We've got to care

Look at what's happening to this world