[Verse 1] I see the tents by the overpass, Cardboard shivers in the rain, You call it a problem in a folder, I call it a face with a name. Needles in the alley, blood stained glass, Sirens fading into dawn, A hundred signs say "move along," But the hurting they stay on. [Pre-Chorus] We count the money, count the lives, Who counts the ones we left behind, Funds get lost, let freedom ring But who is there to change a thing? [Chorus] Where did the money go? Where did our mercy go? We build up walls so fast, Then watch the broken grow. Where did the money go? Where did our mercy go? If the street is full of pain, Why do we walk on? [Verse 2] The clinic doors are chained at six, The shelter line is out the block, Mothers with sons who can't stay clean, Sleeping where the buses stop. We fund the war on what they use, Not the hands that pull them through, Tax the pain, then leave them there, Tell me, what good does that do? [Pre-Chorus] We count the money, count the lives, Who counts the ones we left behind, Funds get lost, let freedom ring But who is there to change a thing? [Chorus] Where did the money go? Where did our mercy go? We build up walls so fast, Then watch the broken grow. Where did the money go? Where did our mercy go? If the street is full of pain, Why do we walk on? [Bridge] Take the badge off, take the suit off, Stand where the cold wind cuts, Look into the eyes of a man Who has already lost too much. You can’t arrest a hunger, You can’t jail a wound, And a city that forgets its own Will be haunted soon. [Final Chorus] Where did the money go? Where did our mercy go? We build up walls so fast, Then watch the broken grow. Where did the money go? Where did our mercy go? If the street is full of pain, Why do we walk on? Where did the money go? (where did it go?) Where did our mercy go? (where did it go?) Not one more soul ignored, Not one more life long gone
