Look Around You
(Dave Walker)
Midnight In San Juan

Have you ever seen a swallow stitching
Through a shaft of sunlight in the morning?
Have you seen a willow bending
In the wind that throws its way along the canyon?
Has your body felt the shock of deep immersion
At the bottom of the river?
Has your heart felt the hurt of someone
Who turns and walks away for ever?

Have your struck your head and tore your hair
'Cos people haven't got the love of living?
Have you ground your teeth and clenched your fist
Because your friends have lost the art of giving?
They don't take the time to stop and think
Of all the brothers in the world with nothing
Of the man who takes the food and drink
And freedom from the hands of children dying

Look around you
Look around you
Look around you
Look around you

Have you ever seen a swallow stitching
Through a shaft of sunlight in the morning?
Have you seen a willow bending
In the wind that throws its way along the canyon?
Has your body felt the shock of deep immersion
At the bottom of the river?
Has your heart felt the hurt of someone
Who turns and walks away for ever?

Look around you
Look around you
Look around you
Look around you