From the recording Glenn Kaiser and Joe Filisko Live at Cornerstone 2012
From the 2013 release titled Glenn Kaiser and Joe Filisko Live at Cornerstone 2012
Lyrics
REPURPOSED
I Never cared about the environment
Till I got older
Never understood why
Some kept their house colder
A shes to ashes
Dust to dust
Everything dies
All turns to rust
We're learnin’ to recycle
Keepin' the earth be green
We do it with the elements
But what about the people we meet?
Just wanted to be left alone
“Live and let live” they say
I’ll try to give you your space
We can share the right of way
Then the boss said “Thanks” and “Goodbye”
Then I got sick
Wall Street turned to Hell Street
And I missed every trick
The poor get recycled
The rich still roll in green
Buyin’ an’ sellin’ the elements
Tell me who is served by greed?
Salvation knockin' on my door
Didn't know that I was lost
Studied causes, history
That end with a cross
But I've been repurposed
And I cannot pretend
That bein' happy, satisfied
Is the beginning and end
The rich get richer
And the poor
They don't roll in no green
We do it with the elements
But what about the people we meet?