Waiting on the World to Change

This John Mayer song captures the tension a lot of people feel … between hope and cynicism about change happening in our world. I certainly feel cynical at times, but for me, hope wins (along with faith and love).
These two songs by Ben Harper – With My Own Two Hands … and Picture of Jesus … express that hope.
As does this video from “Songs from a Revolution of Hope”

By the way, we’ll be in Indianapolis for a reprise of the Tour this weekend! Check it out here …
The lyrics are included after the jump …

“Waiting On The World To Change”
Me and all my friends
We’re all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There’s no way we ever could
Now we see everything that’s going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don’t have the means
To rise above and beat it
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
It’s hard to beat the system
When we’re standing at a distance
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want
That’s why we’re waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
It’s not that we don’t care,
We just know that the fight ain’t fair
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
And we’re still waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change
Ben Harper’s With My Own Two Hands … lyrics here.
Ben Harper’s Picture of Jesus … lyrics here.