V-1
CAN'T YOU TELL, CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND,
ALL: THE BLOOD ON HIS HANDS?
HE COULD WASH HIS HANDS ALL DAY,
THE BLOOD JUST WON'T WASH AWAY. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOES WILD,
HOW HE COULD HIT A WOMAN OR CHILD.
WAS THAT HE SLOWLY TAUGHT,
OR WAS IT ONLY A FEVER HE CAUGHT.
CHORUS
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS,
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MAN,
NOW, ONE STANDS TALL AND TRUE,
THE OTHER STANDS SMALL AND BLUE.
V-2
NOW, AN ACCIDENT HE COMES UPON,
NOW, WOULD HE STOP OR JUST GO ALONG?
NO, HE ISN'T LIKE THAT,
HOW TRUE IS THAT FACT?
NOW, JUST LOOK AT THE BLOOD ON HIS HANDS,
AND THEN THE HEART OF THIS MAN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND.
CHORUS
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS,
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MAN,
NOW, ONE STANDS TALL AND TRUE,
THE OTHER STANDS SMALL AND BLUE.
BRIDGE
NOW, GOD'S SON BECAME A MAN,
TO LEAD US TO THE PROMISE LAND.
V-3
NOW, JESUS WAS GOD'S SON,
MORE: BRIGHT THAN THE MORNING SON.
AS YOU SEE THE DARKNESS COVER THE LANDS,
FROM THE NAILS, YOU CAN SEE THE BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.
CHORUS
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS,
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MAN,
NOW, ONE STANDS TALL AND TRUE,
THE OTHER STANDS SMALL AND BLUE.
NOW, ONE STANDS TALL AND TRUE,
THE OTHER STANDS SMALL AND BLUE.