Scott McKenzie - We've Been Asking Questions (w/lyrics) video free download

From Dec., 2004 Scott performs a song that was written by John Phillips (Mamas & Papas) just before JP's death in 2001. Lyrrics:

We've Been Asking Questions

by John Phillips

We've been asking questions of everyone we meet

People that we've known for years, neighbors down the street

How did it happen, how were we played for fools?

Gamblin' with our children's lives in a game that knows no rules

We need an answer, a reason why

The rulers wage the wars, but our children fight and die

Mothers and fathers, you're charged with your children's lives

It's up to you to cull between the truth and all the lies

Is there a parent, livin' on this earth

Who doesn't realize what their children's dreams are worth?

We need an answer, a reason why

The rulers wage the wars, but our children fight and die

Did you ever think about the pain in the night

Of the mother whose child was killed in the bloody fight?

Or the young veteran who comes home, but not the same

Did you ever wonder how it feels to have that pain?

Presidents and dictators, tyrants and the shahs

Order you to go to war according to their personal laws

But don't blame your mothers and your fathers, or your feelings inside,

Cause you're all the victims of generations of lies

When it comes right down to it, it's up to you

The future of the world depends on what you do.