NOTHING EVER TOUCHES ME
By D.A.Pedder February 2002

C Em
It's not a case of black or white of yellow brown or wrong or right
Dm G
It's not a case of who should die of when or where or even why.
C Em
It's not a case of how we pray if God supports our cause today
Dm G
It's not a case of young or old or if we let the truth be told.
Am G F C
It's just a case of apathy and blindness to humanity,
F C F G C
nothing ever touches me because I stand alone
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It's not a case of good or bad or getting what we never had

It's not a case of giving in condemnation lust or sin.

It's not the wide eyed starving child or adolescents running wild.

It's not the fear to walk alone or lock the doors when I get home.

It's just a case of apathy pretending that I just don't see,

nothing ever touches me because I stand alone
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It's not a case of names in stone or famous men who die alone.

It's not the toxic waste we dump or one more economic slump

It's not fanatics out to die or politicians out to lie

It's not the dealers by the schools or bureaucrats with petty rules.

It's just a case of stay aloof don't go looking for the truth,

nothing ever touches me because I stand alone
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C Em
If what we reap is what we sow I think I'd really like to know
Dm G
how to change this well laid plan and help support my fellow man
Am G F C
To put aside this apathy and blindness to humanity,
F G C
maybe then I wouldn't stand alone

copyright D.A Pedder February 2002

If anyone is interested in the song please contact me!
It is an attempt to show how we are de-sensitized by the news media and things we see around us. It was written for a competition but alas go no where!