I've kept it inside
much too long
There's no relief
Carry it around
just like a stone
Too heavy for me
I paid the price
For standing on
the outside
looking in
It's time
to let the healing begin
A boy is strung out
he's going through hell
His mother weeps
His spirit is broken
and there's nothing left
Just a terrible need
And the days are marked
by the heaviness
of the heart
It never mends
Until
the healing begins
And the tension
prowls the street
like an animal
The people stay behind
their locks and chains
It's a shame
When so many are
trying their best
to live as one
And the smoke
from the fires
covers up the sun
A young girl is lying
in the dirt
Her dreams ended there
Caught in the crossfire
of somebody's turf
Hatred in the air
It's a voice
that never sings
A winter
without a spring
It never ends
It's time
to let the healing begin
Oh baby
It's time
to let the healing...
begin...
Oh baby
I'm drowning
Gotta pick it up girl
Let the healing begin
Lay these broken
hopes on me
it's time to smooth under