this world is a great place.

wee little wonder for world. You would never know it from the TV, you would never know it from the nightly news, you would never know it from the politicians, and sadly you would never know it from the preachers.

Preachers tell you you're going to hell, unless you do what they say. Politicians tell you everything that is wrong with all the other politicians. The nightly news, to sell advertising, tells you only about the bad stuff.

The truth is, life is great, the world is in wonderful shape, most of what is going on is good. Remember the next time you get some bad news, is the reason it's news is it happens so rarely. The news media looks the world over, for something bad to report on. Turn it off!

HURT

I burnt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of shame
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stain of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way