While The World Turns

There's a headline burnin'

somewhere every night

Another man convinced that he's the

one who's right There's a border

drawn in anger,

there's a flag up in the

wind And everybody shoutin' where the

trouble should begin But an old

man shuts his workshop,

puts the kettle on at five

And a mother kisses sleepy heads

and thanks God they're alive

We spend our days lookin' miles

away

Sometimes forgettin' what's right here today

While the whole world turns,

I'll turn another page I've learned

you don't get wiser just by

gettin' old with age I've seen

good men fall and broken hearts

return I've watched bridges built from

ashes somebody tried to burn

We ain't here forever,

that's the hardest thing I've learned

So I'll love the ones beside

me

while the whole world turns

There's a summer gettin' hotter,

there's an ocean on the rise

There's another rocket climbin' through an

endless midnight sky Different gods and

different languages,

different ways to live But a

hungry child needs feedin' and a

lonely heart needs give Maybe underneath

our colors,

underneath the clothes we wear We're

just frightened little humans hopin' somebody

still cares

While the whole world turns,

I'll turn another page I've learned

you don't get wiser just by

gettin' old with age I've seen

good men fall and broken hearts

return I've watched bridges built from

ashes somebody tried to burn

We ain't here forever,

that's the hardest thing I've learned

So I'll love the ones beside

me while the whole world turns

Maybe we won't fix the world

tonight

Maybe wrong won't suddenly turn right

But I can hold a hand,

I can tell the truth I

can leave a little kindness where

somebody left a bruise

And if that's all one lifetime

ever earns Maybe that's enough while

the whole world turns

While the whole world turns,

I'll turn another page With a

few more lines around my eyes

and a little less to prove

with age Let the presidents keep

talkin', let the satellites still burn

Let tomorrow bring its questions and

we'll answer when it's our turn

We ain't here forever,

but there's one thing I have

learned You better love the ones

beside you while the whole world

turns

Yeah, this old world keeps spinnin'

whether we understand it or not

So pull your people closer,

be thankful for what you've got

'Cause someday we'll be stories and

the dust will claim its turn

But tonight we're still here singin'

while the whole world turns