it s gonna get better long version

Genesis

Released as B-side of Mama 12 single, 1983.

Reach out, hands in the air,
Don t care just what they re saying
Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope
That it s gonna get better
Don t worry, there s no hurry for you, for me,
Everything s gonna come around
Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me,
Someone s gonna see

He calls me over and, calls me brother and I know
always fighting and moonlighting and, well it never ends
in the city, if you re all alone
there s a sister and she s standing next to her man
in the doorways and in the hallways and
she don t really care, it s the city and she s all alone

So reach out, hands in the air
Don t care just what they re saying
Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope,
That it s gonna get better
Don t worry, there s no hurry for you, for me,
Everything s gonna come around
Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me,
Someone s gonna see, yeah

Well everywhere you go you, you live in the shadow of fear
in the darkness you feel the sharpness of steel
and it s always there, in the city, and you re all alone

So reach out, hands in the air
Don t care just what they re saying
Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope,
That it s gonna get better
Don t worry, there s no hurry for you, for me,
Everything s gonna come around
Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me
Someone s gonna see...

If it s gonna get better, it starts with a feeling
If it s gonna get better, it s gonna take time
If it s gonna get better, we ve gotta start now
cos I know, everybody can feel it
and I know, everybody will see it
cos it shows, and that shows I m not dreaming