Second World Song lyrics

I was walking down a Dublin street one morning Before the Sun had roused the breeze to shake the flags I looked at all those people asleep in drafty doorways Keeping warm beneath old castoff rags Well, now is the time to look around And face the problems in our town Now's the time to understand the need we've always known Now's the time to face it, we fight for far-off places Yet we fail to wage a war on want at home I was strolling down a Dublin lane one evening Just as the dust was casting shadows on the sea And there I met an old man, he cried as I was leaving Spare ten pence, son, for a cup of tea I was travelling down through Dublin late one Friday I watched the Moon shine ghostly pale through crumbling halls And children drinking cider along the public highway Were scrawling grimy words on grimy walls Well, now is the time to look around And face the problems in our town Now's the time to understand the need we've always known Now's the time to face it, we fight for far-off places Yet we fail to wage a war on want at home I was kneeling in a Dublin church one Sunday And we heard the Third World's problems in their scores How can we help these people? We never can 'til one day We put right this Second World of ours Well, now is the time to look around And face the problems in our town Now's the time to understand the need we've always known Now's the time to face it, we fight for far-off places Yet we fail to wage a war on want at home