If the pigeons could only tell us why
the homeless child sits and cries

If the pigeons could only say to me
the reasons for insanity

      We could make the world a better place
      We could change the homeless human race
      If we only knew what only the pigeons know

Couples old, couples young
Seats of grass for everyone

The homeless wonder where’s their next meal
The investors drink and make a deal

      Side by side in a city never sleeping
      Night by night in a city ever weeping
      If we only knew what only the pigeons know

How is it that we get along
In a class society where nothing’s wrong?

They pass each other every day
“Can you spare some change?” “Hell no. Go away!”

      Yet both lay down at night to sleep
      If we had the answers, how would life be
      If we only knew what only the pigeons know

Only the pigeons seem to know