Crying Out

Don't tell me that you can't hear them crying out
All you've got to do is listen every night

I hear the children crying out
From behind the high-end doors
If you listen when they shout
They're only asking us for more
We have failed to keep them safe
Now they don't know who to trust
So many dying mothers crying, help

Heavenly Father, ruler of the earth, yeah
Protect your children from the evils of the world, yeah
'Cause there ain't no safety now
Even from the church
And so I'm asking you to be their guide
I don't wanna see them getting hurt

I hear the children crying out
From behind the high-end doors
If you listen when they shout
They're only asking us for more (for more)
We have failed to keep them safe
Now they don't know who to trust (to trust)
So many dying mothers crying, help

Who will you run to? No one's there to tell
Mother doesn't listen every night to leaving hell
Her brother lives out on the street
'Cause that's the only way he leaves
When the night gets cooler and he has no home

I hear the children crying out (crying out)
From behind the high-end doors (high-end doors)
If you listen when they shout
They're only asking us for more
We have failed to keep them safe
Now they don't know who to trust
So many dying mothers crying, help

Together we must take a stand, try to make it better
And even if the child's not yours, it shouldn't really matter
I know it hurts you deep inside, especially if you're a father
When they die, when they die, drive the tears from your eyes

I hear the children crying out
From behind the high-end doors
If you listen when they shout
They're only asking us for more (for more)
We have failed to keep them safe
Now they don't know who to trust (to trust)
So many dying mothers crying, help

Heavenly Father, ruler of the earth
Protect your children from the evils of the world, yeah
'Cause there ain't no safety now
Even from the church
And so I'm asking you to be their guide
I don't wanna see them getting hurt, yeah, yeah, yeah

I hear the children crying out
From behind the high-end doors
If you listen when they shout
They're only asking us for more
We have failed to keep them safe
Now they don't know who to trust
So many dying mothers crying, help

I hear the children crying out
From behind the high-end doors
If you listen when they shout
They're only asking us for more
We have failed to keep them safe
Now they don't know who to trust
So many dying mothers crying, help