Compassion

Originally written in 2012 - although for some reason it says 2020 at the end of the video - this song was rerecorded with the Band of Ghosts in 2025 and is on a new album by, us called Red, released spring 2026 Words and Music © 2018 Nicholas Breeze Wood This Arrangement 2025 Nicholas Breeze Wood and the Band of Ghosts Don’t care about the starving man Sitting outside my door Don’t care about the starving man Sitting outside my door He can sit there till he starves to death 'Ain’t no compassion any more My kids, well they can go to hell I'm showing them the door My kids, well they can go to hell I'm showing them the door If they come to me in trouble I'm not the help their looking for Don’t tell me of your tragedy It's not to do with me Don’t tell me of your tragedy It's not to do with me What if the world's despairing? I will not hear it's plea I practice non attachment And I'm not attached to you I practice non attachment And I'm not attached to you Cos I'm a cold hearted bastard And there's nothing you can do