Kat Calvosa: Listen
The Voices We Ignore
(music & lyrics by Kat Calvosa & Nathan Peck)
A little girl cries in the dead of the night
Daddy come to see her, says it will be alright
But he stares out the window on a war torn street
Wondering if his wife is fighting or asleep
Sitting on a subway car, a girl no more than ten
She's figured it out, a way to stay rail thin
Like a cover model, she has a sunken stare
Her mama's vacant eyes are too hungry to care
Where are the songs that tell the stories
Of the infamous, the guilty, and the afraid?
Where are the songs that tell the stories
Of the overlooked, the innocent, and the brave?
They are the voices of the nation
They are the voices of the few
They are the voices of people everywhere
Crying out for something true
A movie star, a rock star and a country deep in need
Shout hunger is a virus that we cannot seem to feed
While the politicians wage a war
Leaving sadness in their wake
Countries fight and people die for their own sick mistakes
Listen to the voices of the ones that we ignore
We'd like to tell their stories before you walk out that door
We hope that you will listen, but we can't make you stay
Look to tomorrow don't forget today.
We sing the songs that tell the stories
Of the infamous, the guilty, and the afraid
We sing the songs that tell the stories
Of the overlooked, the innocent, and the brave
We are the voices of the nation
We are the voices of the few
We are the voices of people everywhere
Crying out for something true