The Frown
Ben Folds
Way To Normal (2008)

Why do we frown
Is it something within us
Or in the world at large
Maybe it's both, y'all
The sadness deep inside
is something we can't hide
We yearn for the past
but it's not there
And it makes me frown
Yeah, it makes me frown

You look at the news
Always giving me the blues
War, death and chaos
All around me now
And the media's controlled
People do just what they're told
Just wanna stand up and yell
"Is anybody out there"
Cause it makes me frown
Yeah, it makes me frown

It's hard to find hope
Maybe we can learn to cope
By listening to one another
It's a trust thing
Cause I know that you have fears
Cause I know the end is near
Just lend an ear
And we can make it happen
Cause it makes me frown
Makes everybody frown

All I know it can't get hard
When you look at your backyard
See the ozone falling apart before you
Recycling's a bitch
I got just one wish
That our children will grow up in a freakin' trashcan

A piano's all I got
And I know that ain't a lot
But music has the power
To change the future
So what do you think
Bout my message of hope
Better get with the program
Before it's too late y'all
So if you wanna start right now
Better take that fuckin' frown
Better turn it upside down
Just give it to love
Now give it to love
Give it up for love
Amen to love
It's gotta be love
Or it'll make you frown
Ah, it makes us frown
Ah, it makes me frown
It makes me frown
Cause it makes me frown