As I run through this life   Sometimes it breaks my heart   Seein' old people goin' downtown   Stumblin' their way through the dark   And this little bab-babies cry   For their mothers' warmth   Sometimes I feel so helpless   I don't know where to start      And the face of the nation   Keeps changin' and changin'   The face of the nation   I don't recognize it no more      Face of the nation   Face of the nation      So many lonely people   Damn those broken dreams   Yes, I know it could be better   You say that about anything   Some got it worse than me   Some got it worse than you   You see the people starvin' underneath the tree   You wonder what happened to the golden rule      Face of the nation   Keeps changin' and changin'   The face of the nation   I don't recognize it no more      The face of the nation   Yeah, face of the nation      You know babe, I'm gonna keep on tryin'   To put things right   If only for me and you   'Cause the devil sleeps tonight      And the face of the nation   Keeps changin' and changin'   The face of the nation   I don't recognize it no more      And the face of the nation   Keeps changin' and changin'   The face of the nation   I don't recognize it no more      The face of the nation   Yeah, face of the nation   The face of the nation   Yeah, face of the nation   The face of the nation   Yeah, face of the nation   Face of the nation   Face of the nation   Face of the nation