Why should we ask Why?...

in the primal jungle streets where the sky is smothered two-legged creatures breathe and eat bruising one another i wish i'd never been told that the species has souls i am an emotional man emotional man with obsolete tears i guess i'm just an emotional man emotional man with out-of-place feelings underneath the tropic sun political desire eight-year-olds with loaded guns told to open fire i wish i never had seen how human beings can be i see a comfortable land living in a world of its own and it's working on me i'm an emotional man in the ruins of ancient streets moments lie in rubble weary tourists rub their feet and wonder what's for supper i wish i knew what it's like to never have to think twice i am an emotional man emotional man with obsolete tears i guess i'm just an emotional man emotional man with out-of-place feelings I am an Emotional Man - by Mark Heard