40,000 Eyes

We’re all on display, in a big glass cage
Watching everything we do and say
Your life goes by on a glowing screen
Reality has become the dream
But no need to invest too deep, pay your monthly fee and go to sleep
40,000 Eyes are burnin’ ‘round me, all the time
40,000 Eyes are burnin’ ‘round me, all the time
Right before our eyes, they’re burning right now…..

You can say anything you like, long as you’re standing with the correct side
You’re free to criticize what they tell you’s on the other side
Go ahead and criticize, we’ll tell you to where direct your eyes
Hurry now, make up your mind, are you with us or against our kind
Now shut your mouth and get in line

40,000 eyes, they’re burning round me, all the time
40,000 eyes, they’re burning round me, all the time
All around our lives, they’re burnin’ right now

You hate politically correct, but they ain’t hit your prophet yet.
You love politically correct if it maximize your profit net
Make your bed and place your bet, let someone else stick out their neck
Rile them up, get their eyes wet, tell them you’re the only hope they got left
In 20 minutes they’ll forget

40,000 eyes, they’re burning right now, all the time
40,000 eyes, they’re burning right now, all the time
and I can feel them burning right now, all the time
and I can feel them burning right now, all the time
Deep inside our minds, they’re burnin’ right now…. 

Bombs falling left and right, they’re telling me it’s justified
I can’t stand when my people die, with other folks it’s justified
It’s always justified when you ain’t on the correct side
I won’t be on your news tonight ‘cause I’m standing on the other side
They’ll look away, left or right

40,000 eyes………
All around our lives they’re burning right now……..

You can spend your whole life waiting for folks to come around
They’ll find their own way, or never want to know how
You can waste all your time waiting for folks to come around
They see what they like, what they want to allow
But you got life, so live it now just do the best that you know how
You got a voice so let it out, don’t mind the hype that runs the crowd
Don’t let the fear keep you down.

40,000 eyes……..

You can spend your whole life waiting for folks to come around

Forty Thousand Eyes

Singer-songwriter, trombonist, percussionist. Writing stories about who we are, where we're at, where we're going.

Jack Davis