Lyrics

What are you gonna do
© Ronn Van Etten 2023

When you read the papers every day;
When you hear the news the things they say seem from another world where you’re not in.
The madness all around you makes you wonder
whether there’s a new life over yonder.
Will you ever know what’s really true?
And even if you do – what are you gonna do?

When you come to realize it: what are you gonna do?
When you see you can’t deny it: what are you gonna do?
When you know you’ll sympathize it: what are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do about it all?

When you’re looking at your fellow men,
do you really think he understands
the simple world that we are living in?
- Or does the madness that we live in
Makes him think that he can only give in.
Could you try to make him change his mind?
When you’ll find the time, what are you gonna do?

When you come to realize it: what are you gonna do?
When you see you can’t deny it: what are you gonna do?
When you know you’ll sympathize it: what are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do about it all?

When you look inside your inner soul,
When you see yourselves as a whole….(a hole?)
Do you fit into the world you’re in?

The madness all around you makes you wonder
whether there’s a new life over yonder.
Will you ever know what’s really true?
And even if you do – what are you gonna do?

When you come to realize it: what are you gonna do?
When you see you can’t deny it: what are you gonna do?
When you know you’ll sympathize it: what are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do about it all?