[Verse 1] We keep our hands clean in a house full of locks Call every stranger a problem to solve A woman counts coins by the pharmacy door We check the weather and hurry along [Pre-Chorus] There’s always a reason There’s always a name For leaving the burden In somebody else’s frame [Chorus] We think we are good people Because we know what good people say We keep a spare cent in our pocket And spend it keeping need away We despise the ones who ask us Then praise ourselves for being kind A polished little conscience With a hungry world outside [Verse 2] We sort the deserving from those who fell short Measure their worth by the shape of their shoes We call it discernment, we call it support Anything but choosing who gets to lose [Pre-Chorus] The bill comes folded The room stays warm We turn our faces And call that being strong [Chorus] We think we are good people Because we know what good people say We keep a spare cent in our pocket And spend it keeping need away We despise the ones who ask us Then praise ourselves for being kind A polished little conscience With a hungry world outside [Bridge] If mercy costs us comfort We suddenly need proof If suffering has a reason We use it as a roof The coin is small, the distance isn’t The silence does the most We leave with all our virtue And nobody gets close [Final Chorus] We think we are good people But the mirror knows our names We keep a spare cent in our pocket While someone freezes in the rain We despise the ones who need us Then call our guarded hearts refined A polished little conscience With a hungry world outside [Outro] We had a spare cent We had a spare cent We had a spare cent And walked on by
