Compassion fails me with this meanness in the air
Our city streets are filled with violence
So we close our doors to the city
And pretend that it's not there
Here I go again
Back out on these mean streets
The evil seems to cling to the soles of my feet
Cuz' I'm living in a time of inconvenience
At an inconvenient time
We're living in the age of communication
Where the only voices heard have money in their hands
Where greed has become a sophistication
And if you ain't got money
You ain't got nothin' in this land
An' here I am one lonely woman
On these mean streets
Where the right to life man has become my enemy
Cuz' I'm living in his time of inconvenience
At an inconvenient time
[Bridge:]
I've turned my cheek
As my history fades
While the clock ticks away
Any progress we've made
I never thought
I'd be ashamed to be human
Afraid to say
My time has seen it's day
Cuz' I'm living in a time of inconvenience
Living in a time of inconvenience living in a time of inconvenience
It's an inconvenient time
This is the time of greed and power
Where everyone needs to have someone to shove around
Our children come to us for answers
Listening for freedom but they don't know the sound
And there they are, our children
Dumped out in these mean streets
The evil sweeps them up
And brings them to their knees
Cuz' they're living in our time of inconvenience
They're living in the age of communication
This is the time of greed and power
This is the time that I wish was not mine
Cuz' it's an inconvenient time
Tag
(time, oh time)
(it's an inconvenient time
We're living in a time of inconvenience Compassion fails me with this meanness in the air Our city streets are filled with violence So we close our doors to the city And pretend that it's not there Here I go again Back out on these mean streets The evil seems to cling to the soles of my feet Cuz' I'm living in a time of inconvenience At an inconvenient time We're living in the age of communication Where the only voices heard have money in their hands Where greed has become a sophistication And if you ain't got money You ain't got nothin' in this land An' here I am one lonely woman On these mean streets Where the right to life man has become my enemy Cuz' I'm living in his time of inconvenience At an inconvenient time [Bridge:] I've turned my cheek As my history fades While the clock ticks away Any progress we've made I never thought I'd be ashamed to be human Afraid to say My time has seen it's day Cuz' I'm living in a time of inconvenience Living in a time of inconvenience living in a time of inconvenience It's an inconvenient time This is the time of greed and power Where everyone needs to have someone to shove around Our children come to us for answers Listening for freedom but they don't know the sound And there they are, our children Dumped out in these mean streets The evil sweeps them up And brings them to their knees Cuz' they're living in our time of inconvenience They're living in the age of communication This is the time of greed and power This is the time that I wish was not mine Cuz' it's an inconvenient time Tag (time, oh time) (it's an inconvenient time Explain Request ×
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