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Not Enough Hope to Go Round

from There's Gotta Be a Road by Charlie Monterey

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Written shortly after John Engler was reelected governor of Michigan in 1994. (Written in November 1994.)

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I never wanted to make the big statement
I never needed to show that I cared
I only wanted not to hurt anybody
I thought that would be enough

I felt safer as part of the background
Didn't need to be a "point of light"
I saw it all go down on the Ten O'Clock News
But I didn't know just what I could do

Then I saw one more homeless man sleeping in a doorway
One more big big man strike his wife down
One more gay child dead because of hatred
Another day is dawning, not enough hope to go round

Don't want to read about another drive-by shooting
Don't want to hear about another man's war
Don't want to listen to some Neo-Nazi's answers
Sitting on his pile of guns

See the Congressmen say we don't have to
And the governor says we don't need to
Too many people they can't see what's around them
Someone had better open up our eyes

To see one more child with a gun in the classroom
One more neighborhood with its houses falling down
One more dealer stealing our kids' future
Another day is dawning, not enough hope to go round

I'm not saying I've got all the answers
Isn't one of us gonna fix it all at once
But I know now that I need to do something
And the clock is running for us all

So I guess that this is my big statement
You know I never thought I'd show that I cared
I only wanted not to hurt anybody
Now I know that's just not enough

When there's one more homeless man sleeping in a doorway
One more big big man striking his wife down
One more gay child dead because of hatred
Another day is dawning, not enough hope to go round

credits

from There's Gotta Be a Road, released January 20, 2001
John Finan, bass and vocals; Leslie Frederick, guitar and vocals; Mike Dorn, guitar and vocals; Charles Sanderson, bongos and vocals; Charlie Monterey, guitar and vocals; Matt Steward, recording.

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Charlie Monterey Warren, Michigan

Singer/songwriter and guitarist from metro Detroit, Michigan. Generally mellow sort of folkish songs, relatively minimal arrangements.

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