Does It Matter in a Year?

Somebody burned himself in front of a crowd, Tornado is dancing around in it's whirl-about, And hundreds of millions of starving children call, Begging to make an escape from the news at all. An actor in prison is studying another role, Cellophane almost turned to bark and coal, And somebody's flight interrupts in the sky again, (But tell me) Does it matter in a year? A hundred pyramids found in the downtown again, There'a a whale that heavily sighs on a shore in the sand. Yesterday someone got sick or messed up in the head And someone's just made a reality show out of that. WEEmen are asking they wouldn't be judged and disturbed, Men are afraid if they fight and their finger will hurt A drifter awaits till another one shares a beer. (And I wonder) Does it matter in a year? This beautiful couple - strangers to each other now, Smoking a joint but can’t get high enough. Somebody in a hotel room tried to take his own life To never again come home to his kid and his wife. A beautiful girl is crying at the movies alone (And) Tonight her drink will be spiked though she doesn't know Nobody is going to find runaways anywhere (I don't really know) If it matters in a year. (I don't really know) If it matters in a year.