"Interlude #1 / I Don't Know" lyrics

Oh Lord, I done done what you told me to do
What's the message to the songs I'm singin'?
Just done singin' them, gettin' through
Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord
I don't know what the world is coming to
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Said he got busted down by the TV

This world order is in a state of confusion
Lord, happiness is just an illusion
Huh

I don't know, darlin', what the world is coming to
My sisters and brothers were shootin' each other
So we're afraid to trust one another
God went away, said he would return
Don't get caught with your homework undone
Ooh

You get it later down the line
Can't you see, boy, you're burnin' time
One time I thought you were a friend of mine
But you got yours
Now where is mine? Hey, hey, hey

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, Lord have mercy (I don't know)
So close, sending images to her father
They're shuttin' down jobs in the world
'Cause all they want to do is make a dollar
But let me tell you about me
I can't stand to hear lonely baby cry
Ooh, baby, baby
Turn and lose a dollar, it just might dry his eyes

Ooh, baby now
I knew there's something that's part of you
Gotta whole lotta money (but just spend a few)
But, but, but we've got a shortage on
But maybe a smile to another brother might find somebody home

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
Oh, I don't know
People tryin' to find the answer
It's like tryin' to find out what caused a transfer
I don't know, oh, I don't know
People puttin' down each other's religions
Run and take the rules livin' through, hold up witness to
I don't know, I don't know