Solomon Burke - What Good Am I? lyrics

What good am I some like all the rest
If I just turn away when
I see how you're dressed
If I shut myself off so I can't hear you cry
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 thunderin' 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 not wonder within
Who tied them and why and where I have 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 what good am I?
What good am I if I watch you cry
If I said a lady why you slowly die
You be somebody to try someone to