Fellow Citizens
--words and music by Michael Stanley

There's only two stories
That turn this world round
A man goes on a journey
A stranger comes to town
And my time is waning
But one thing l've found
Or at least that I choose to believe...

(Chorus)
That a mess of good intentions
Is still just a mess
When fueled by the lie
You're the only one blessed
'Cause salvation knows nothing
About black brown or white
And we're all fellow citizens tonight
All fellow citizens tonight...

And a sunset gets wasted
When it's falling on rage
Ignored by the ones who won't turn the page
Whose ideas condem them to never engage
With anyone else but their own..

(Chorus)
And a mess of good intentions is still just a mess
When fueled by the lie
You're the only one blessed
'Cause salvation knows nothing
About left and right
And we're all fellow citizens tonight
All fellow citizens tonight...

(Bridge)
And the world it keeps turning
Lines keep on blurring
You hold on with al of your might
'Cause the truth's taking water
And trying to find the light...

There's blood on the sidewalks
Blood in the halls
Blood on the hands of one and of all
And those who won't stand are destined to crawl
Through the darkness we've made on our own...

(Chorus)
And a mess of good intentions
Is still just a mess
When fueled by the lie
You're the only one blessed
'Cause salvation knows nothing
Except wrong or right
And we're all fellow citizens tonight
All fellow citizens tonight...