Nobody’s Listening

I’ve got a friend in East Oakland

She’s got a problem with cocaine

It leaves her restless in the evening

With far too much to say

But nobody’s listening baby

Nobody seems to care anymore

Nobody’s listening baby

Cause the sound you make, they’ve heard it all before

I’ve got a buddy with a fever

And he sweats and shakes and cries

He gets up early in the morning

And he writes the things that he sees at night

But nobody’s listening baby

Nobody seems to care anymore

Nobody’s listening baby

Cause the sound you make, they’ve heard it all before

Oh but I love them still

And I see their hearts burn like a photograph 

Cause nothing’s new and nothing’s ever real

And there is no future in the past

I’ve got a brother down in Texas

And he’s scared to sing his heart

But how I wish that I could hold him and tell him

Boy singing out, that’s the easy part

Nobody’s listening baby

Nobody seems to care anymore

Nobody’s listening baby

Cause the sound you make, they’ve heard it all before