The Absence of Love

The churches are empty, the jails are all full

It's over our own eyes we're pulling wool

Making us blind to decay from within

Misguided values where greed is no sin

Schools are all open but Johnny can't read

With hands tied behind them the teachers just plead

Johnny needs parents who honestly care

But they're busy working with no time to spare

So blame it on Washington, blame it on me

Blame it on drugs or the next guy you see

Blame it on money when push comes to shove

But the blame really lies in the absence

Guns on the streets, drugs on the rise

That victims are children should be no surprise

They become what they are from watching adults

We all took the test, these are the results

Now it's bars on the windows and locks on the doors

They look more like prisons than houses and stores

It's a moral dilemma wherever you go

When love says good-bye, ill will says hello