They Don't Give A Damn

Brought up to speak so proper
Act all nice and polite
Taught to know the difference
Between wrong and right

I obeyed, and was always good
And as a child it was fine
But as I grew older I saw
Other people crossing the line

And now I think about our world
And I really do despair
So many people hurt each other
So many of them just don’t care

And sometimes it feels
I’m fighting a battle I can’t win
I’ve been hanging by a thread
But lately it’s wearing thin

I’m so sick and tired
Of all the mental abuse and pain
Sick to death of trying to do good
But being kicked down again

I feel like throwing my hands up
To say I give in, that’s it
Why should I treat the world good
If in return I get treated like s h I t

I try and battle my depression
And the funny anger it brings
But I’m so fed up with living
Getting agitated over little things

When it all seems so pointless
Because I have no reason to live
I have nothing I want anymore
And if the world only takes, then I will not give.

Cos this proper world my Mom showed me
Turns out, it ain’t real
How can it be? When it’s so f u c k e d up
People don’t give a damn how they make each other feel.

© Copyright Sharon Ardern 2005