[Intro]
Am C Am C
 
[Verse]
Am                      C
We see it on TV, we get calls on the phone
       G                            Am
By the prophets of doom, they won't leave us alone
    Am                          C
The planet is dying and there's no time to spare
     G                         Am
They spend all our days sowing seeds of despair
   Am                     C
We get enough bad news to harden our hearts
     G                              Am
This fear that we feed on is what's keeping us apart
   Am                               C
To say that we're doomed is just an obvious remark
       G                             Am
And it don't make you right, it just keeps you in the dark
 
[Chorus]
        C                           G
I don't want to live angry, I don't want to live scared
        F                           Am
I don't need no more prophets crying "brother beware."
     C                                       G
Just put some work in my hands and give me a dollar to spare
    F                      Am
And don't let me sow those seeds of despair
 
[Instrumental]
Am C Am C
 
[Verse]
           Am                            C
Well, this earth is a graveyard, it will swallow our bones
       G                            Am
It was here long before us, It will be here when we're gone
           Am                   C
And it's a vain generation that looks for a sign
          G                          Am
Don't you think we could make better use of our time
          Am                           C
Yeah, the air could be cleaner and the water could too
    G                                Am
But what we do to each other are the worst things that we do
           Am                   C
And we can treasure our freedom behind our locked doors
    G                            Am
But God speed the day when we're lonely no more
 
[Chorus]
        C                           G
I don't want to live angry, I don't want to live scared
        F                           Am
I don't need no more prophets crying "brother beware."
     C                                       G
Just put some work in my hands and give me a dollar to spare
    F                      Am
And don't let me sow those seeds of despair
 
[Outro]
Am C Am C
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