No Avalon

I'm just a white girl From a small, safe town What could I possibly know about destruction? My lawn sure looks green today Underneath these suburban skies But the little boy next door wants to be the Lord of the Flies It's like Cain and Abel and the holy sacrifice And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life It's hard to conceive why we let our brothers die My bed is so safe here And my rose-colored glasses, they're broken And how the truth leaks in And I, I can't imagine I saw it on the news tonight That they'd announce his name I saw the blood on his hands And they told me to look away I tell ya it's like Cain and Abel and the holy sacrifice And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes And if there is no Avalon and we only have one life It's hard to conceive why we let our sisters die Was I? Why, why? Why? It's a confused civilization, darling I tell ya it's like Cain and Abel and the holy sacrifice And I have to believe that God has closed his eyes And there is no Avalon and we only have one life It's hard to conceive why we let our people die We let 'em die And watch them die --- No Avalon - Alanis Morissette