Hey brother, can you spare a dime?
Hey, brother, can you spare the time?
Hey, sister, can you spare a smile?
Hey, sister, would you walk a mile in my shoes?
I’ve got the empathy blues.
How many people have I passed today,
who’ve lost their hope, lost their way?
Lost whatever got them out of bed,
lost whatever kept them right in the head.
I don’t know who to help, how to choose.
I’ve got the Empathy Blues.
Maybe I’ll just turn my back, take care of my own,
it’s not my problem, Jack.
Maybe I’ll just turn my back, take care of my own,
it’s not my problem, Jack.
But if I do it’s me who’ll lose. I’ve got the Empathy Blues.
Hey brother, can you spare a dime?
Hey, brother, can you spare the time?
Hey, sister, can you spare a smile?
Hey, sister, would you walk a mile in my shoes?
I’ve got the empathy blues.
Maybe I’ll just turn my back, take care of my own,
it’s not my problem, Jack.
Maybe I’ll just turn my back, take care of my own,
it’s not my problem, Jack.
But if I do it’s me who’ll lose. I’ve got the Empathy Blues.
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