Turn It Around - Tim McMorris

I've been going round the world

And I've been looking for revival

Cause what I see it's critical

For all our survival

People turning on each other

Love is put on the shelf

In exchange for some hate

And some greed to get wealth

The worlds become a crazy place

It's every one for themselves

So go and grab all you can get

Because it's gonna run out

We've been fed that lie so long now

We believe without doubt

It seems it's coming to a close before we figure it out

How many years will we live this way

We just sit back and hope one day

That all our cares will go away

And that everything will be ok

Without any change, we can't have satisfaction

Don't tell me to relax when you won't go take any action

But even with these problems, I'm the eternal optimist

I keep on pushing forward

When it hurts, and when I'm sick of it

I sit and then I think a bit

Get up again and recommit

To be a part of something that can bring about some benefit

Gotta bring change, from the inside out

Gotta stand up, lift our voice and shout

Gotta turn it around

From the street of the cities, to the government games

From the homeless in the shelters to the buildings in flames

We gotta turn it around

From the prisons filed with people, money running the game

To the orphans round the world who need a family name

We gotta turn it around

From the women on the streets, who are looking for love

To the junkies who are trapped, trying to give up the drug

We gotta turn it around

Have you ever looked outside and didn't like what you see

Or am I the only one who sees the things we could be

If we made more effort, then I think you'd agree

That we could make the world a better place, a place that is free

Life is really what you make of it, you gotta give and take a bit

Someone's always up, and someones always in a pit

Someones has too much, and someone dreams of more

And someones wondering why they didn't see this all before

And every now and then, something comes to try and keep me down

But I keep on moving forward, try again, and rise up from the ground

And if I have to man, I'll even will go another time around

Until I finally overcome, no more ties to keep my bound

And now I'm walking on sound, with the music as my cover

Thought that I was out of tricks, look again, here's another

Even with a thousand crashes, I will rise up from the ashes

And do something with my time before my eyes, my life flashes

Gotta bring change, from the inside out

Gotta stand up, lift our voice and shout

Gotta turn it around

From the street of the cities, to the government games

From the homeless in the shelters to the buildings in flames

We gotta turn it around

From the prisons filed with people, money running the game

To the orphans round the world who need a family name

We gotta turn it around

From the women on the streets, who are looking for love

To the junkies who are trapped, trying to give up the drug

We gotta turn it around