What Good Am I?

What good am I, if I'm like all the rest If I turn away when I see how you're dressed If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry Oh, what good am I? What good am I, if I know and don't do If I see and don't say, if I look right through you If I turn a deaf ear to the thunder in the sky You tell me, what good am I? What good am I, if I say foolish things And I laugh in the face of what sorrow brings If my hands are tied, must I wonder within Who tied them and why? And where have I been, where have I been What good am I, while you softly weep And I hear in my head what you say in your sleep And I freeze in the moment like the rest that don't try You tell me, what good am I ? What good am I, what good am I, if I watch you cry If I sat an' lay there while you slowly die You need somebody to try Someone to wipe your weepin' eye Someone to sob for you and never say good bye You need somebody to try Someone to wipe your weepin' eye Someone to sob for you and never say good bye What good am I ? --- What Good Am I? - Solomon Burke