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 FOR THE TEARS WE SHED

LOOK AT WHAT TEARS WE SHED
TEARS FOR HUMANITY IS WHAT WE DREAD
WE COMMIT SUICIDE MURDER AND WAR
IT SEEMS WE HAVE NOT LEARNED SO FAR

WE ARE DESTROYING THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE
DESTROYING FOREST, ANIMALS, AND WATER TO WHICH WE GIVE
UNFORTUNATELY SO MUCH RESPECT THAT WE SUPPOSED TO CARE
FALLING SHORT OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, HARDLY SEEMS FARE

MAN IS CLOSING THE DOOR ON KINDNESS AND PEACE
LOCKING IN JUDGMENT, GREED AND DISEASE
OUR TEARS CRY OUT TO THOSE IN HASTE
WHO THINK NOT OF TOMORROW, BUT TODAY IN WASTE

CUTTING DOWN OUR LIFE AND EVERYTHING WE EMBRACE
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN FILLED WITH HATRED AND DISGRACE
MAN SPOUTS OFF LETS REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE
MEANWHILE WE STILL SPILL OUT WASTE BY THE TON

FOR THOSE WHO REALLY DO SEEM TO CARE
FOR A CONTINUED EXISTENCE FOR OUR YOUNG TO SHARE
MY TEARS I WILL SHED IS FOR HOPE THAT I CAN GIVE
OUR CHILDREN'S TOMORROW, SO THEY CAN LIVE GOD HELP US

FOR THE TEARS WE SHED





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