Hurting Land

Hey, tell me what's goin’ on
Another life’s been taken
Another family shaken

We're out of control
Seems like nobody cares
Until you've lost one of yours
Or they lose one of theirs

Our family and friends, they're all leaving so fast
As they pay with their lives for the mistakes, of the past

The hatred, the murder, the killings, so violent
Continues to increase, as good men stay silent

Kids can't go to school, without fear that someone
May be out of control, come to class with a gun

We have let this go too far, now it's time to take a stand
We must help each other out, learn to help our fellow man
There are people that we know,
that we know need a helping hand
It is time to do our part, to help heal our hurting land

So here we now stand, our people are torn
As fatherless children do constantly mourn
The role model figure that they never had
How things would be different if they had a dad

Our blood thirsty culture, it fuels the fire
As mass killing death tolls climb higher and higher
How long till we wake up, take back what we've lost
The price of inaction, has too great a cost

There’s so many ways now, that things can go wrong
And so many people feel they don't belong
Our hearts have grown cold, and we curse above
Yet it's us that's lacking cause’ we've lost our love

Our love for each other, now sits on the shelf
As most of us really only love ourselves
If all of us are honest, we know we could do more
To solve the problems that most of us ignore

We have let this go too far, now it's time to take a stand
We must help each other out, learn to help our fellow man
There are people that we know,
that we know need a helping hand

It is time to do our part, to help heal our hurting land
It’s a hurting land…
It’s a hurting land…
It’s a hurting land…
It’s a hurting land…that needs to change, that needs to change

We have let this go too far, now it's time to take a stand
We must help each other out, learn to help our fellow man
There are people that we know,
that we know need a helping hand
It is time to do our part, to help heal our hurting land

Written by Tim McMorris.