Written by: John Mellencamp

If you're feelin' shut down
May my thoughts be with you
If you're a black man bein' beat down and shoved all around
May my thoughts be with you
If your world's gettin' a little to tough
You know our thoughts are with you
Hey, I know that it's crazy out there
And my thoughts are with you

Chorus
We are the people
And we live forever
We are the people
And our future's written on the wind
On the wind

If you are one of the homeless
May our thoughts be with you
If you are scared and alone
You know our thoug

There is nowhere left to hide 
There is nothing to be done 
No people to be saved 
No pets we've never names 
40 miles from the sun 
As darkness craves the mind 
We come undone without our pride 
No time on the earth to come 
All the pleasures just begun 
40 miles from the sun 

In our coats beneath the layers 
Wash my skin of all the hate 
We should sleep late 
Everything just kind of grates 
40 miles from the sun 
40 miles from the sun 
40 miles from the sun 

I need to lose to make it right 
I'll confront the stars tonight 
I will babble I will bite 
You will never know how much you shine 
40 miles from the sun 
40 miles from the sun 
40 miles from the sun

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