I don't wanna be the man to tell you that
You can't go down to the forest
Cos it ain't there no more
And I don't wanna be the one to tell you that
You can't fish in the river
Cos its empty now and poor
And I don't want to be the man who brings the truth to our age
I want stare at the daytime moon and feel the love of every day
Empty now and poor
I don't wanna have to tell you little one
That our bed is not safe here tonight
Because the peace has gone to war
And I don't wanna have to tell you
With all my heart what being free was like
You'll just want it more
And I don't wanna be the man
To bring the truth to our age
I want to remember writing her
And her lips kissed soft against my page
Empty now and poor
I don't wanna be the man
Who counts all the animals we've lost
Makes me cry some more
And I don't wanna be the one
To stand beneath the light and tell it like it is
Been too much of that before
And I don't wanna to be the man
To bring the truth to our age
To feel the hunger in the dying light
And hold on to the life we crave
Empty now and poor
And I don't wanna tell you now
That you cannot speak out loud
They don't want it anymore
And I don't wanna to tell you now
That economy comes before humanity
It's the priority of law
And I don't wanna be the man
To bring the truth to our age
And I don't wanna talk about what we lost
But what it is we still can save
Empty now and poor