heaven help us all

heaven help the child who never had a home

heaven help the girl who walks the street alone

heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall

heaven help us all. heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day

heaven help the white man if he turns his back away

heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl

heaven help us all. heaven help us all

heaven help us all

help us all. heaven help us

lord

hear our call when we call

oh

yeah!

heaven help the boy who won't reach twenty-one

heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun. heaven help the people with their backs against the wall

lord

heaven help us all. heaven help us all

heaven help us all

heaven help us all

help us all. heaven help us

lord

hear our call when we call. now i lay me down before i go to sleep. in a troubled world

i pray the lord to keep

keep hatred from the mighty

and the mighty from the small

heaven help us all. oh

oh

oh

yeah!

heaven help us all.