Pop Song 623 of 1000 'What's the matter here?' 10,000 Maniacs 1987

Pop Song 623 of 1000 'What's the matter here?' 10,000 Maniacs 1987

Official MV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m39DWVFK-Bw
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In the song, singer Natalie Merchant narrates the role of a woman who notices that her neighbors are abusing their young son, and struggles to balance her desire to speak up for the child with her feeling that she must not interfere in the family's affairs: "I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses/He's your kid, do as you see fit/But get this through that I don't approve of what you do to your own flesh and blood ... I want to say, "What's the matter here?"/But I don't dare say..."