Cbus17

story 1

A businessman in the rough at Muirfield

Was thinking about a real big deal

When he got the call from Mt. Carmel

That his daughter was quite ill.

As he sped along the Riverside

Thru the tinted window of a Lexus

He saw mansions by the water

And lawns of herbicide.

She told her father she had infected eyes

But the needle marks told him otherwise

So, he joined the ranks of the helpless

And they had no alibis.

Chorus

* Oh, when the lines are crossed, and we cast off the shackles of our old divisions

* Oh, when the camera's off and people stop talking and begin to listen.

* People, we can come together when we feel each other's pain...

Story 2

Devon had to sing in the church choir

He didn't want to be there anyway

He was walking home one Sunday

When a man-child opened fire.

He wasn't supposed to be the target

But the bullet found him anyway

It came to rest in his airway

A knife's edge from his heart.

Chorus

Redemption

As his mother prayed by his hospital bed

She heard the crying man in the polo shirt

His little girl's become a junkie

And he couldn't contain the hurt.

She was floating across the cold room

She knew she had to be here anyway

So, she laid a hand upon his shoulder

And his anger slipped away

He never had a thought of a poor mother's strife

He'd contained himself to his walk of life

But with a touch, his heart felt empathy

And he gave up his indemnity

Chorus

These are the days when, more than ever, we need understanding...