The Selfishness In Man - George Jones (乔治·琼斯)

Written by：Leon Payne

I saw a little

Beam of sunlight

Steal across a

Purple sky

And bend down

To kiss a rosebud

Oh it made me

Wanna cry

To think that I had

Been permitted to see a part

Of nature's plan

Oh there's nothing

That stands out more

Than the selfishness

In man

Little children painting pictures of the birds and apple trees

Oh why can't

The grown up people

Have the faith

Of one of these

And to think those tiny fingers might become a killer's hand

Oh there's nothing

That stands out more

Than the selfishness

In man

Why can't we see the folly and the uselessness of hate

Love could lead to understanding maybe it's not too late

Then perhaps in his great wisdom

We might learn to understand

Then there'd be no shame or sorrow and no selfishness

In man