WHY DON'T WE LISTEN<P>In one ear, then out the other.<BR>Why don't we listen when we talk to one another?<BR>I heard it all, the last time we spat.<P>In one ear, then out the other.<BR>Sometimes I wonder, why do we bother?<BR>We're preparing ourselves for the next attack.<P>I talk at you.<BR>You talk at me.<BR>What we need is a referee<BR>To untangle what once was a lover's knot.<P>You talk at me.<BR>I talk at you.<BR>We seem to choose the words we use<BR>To resist a blow or land the knock-out punch.<P>In one ear, then out the other.<BR>Why don't we listen when we talk to one another?<BR>We will break if we don't learn to bend.<P>In one ear, then out the other.<BR>Sometimes I wonder, why do we bother?<BR>It's time we held a truce and made amends.<P>I talk at you.<BR>You talk at me.<BR>Trying to make a point that no one sees.<BR>It always seems like such a waste of breath.<P>You talk at me.<BR>I talk at you.<BR>Trying to explain your point of view.<BR>But I'm blinded by my own misery.<BR>