All As One
Yesterday I saw a woman
Who was standing in the door
And she looked just like an Indian
She was brown with long black hair
Her face was almost vacant
But with a longing in her eyes
She stared at me directly
And it made me wonder why
It made me wonder why
Her gaze was still upon me
As I got into my car
And it made me feel uneasy
So I tried to look away
But I felt that she was needy
Though I didn't know just why
So I smiled a little smile
As I pulled the car away
I pulled the car away
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Take my hand and walk with me
We are as one, we all are one
It was later in the evening
That a noisy fight began
There was crying of a woman
And the yelling of a man
Shouting angry words of hatred
As he struck her with his hand
While she pleased for his mercy
But he failed to understand
Failed to understand
My blood began to boil
And I was outraged to my soul
At the legacy of violence
That's been passed to us from old
Tradition has allowed for men
To brutalize their wives
Expecting us to live with this threat
For all our lives, for all our lives
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Heal the sick, and raise the dead
My soul can fly, my soul can fly
Out over houses and fields
And I can see clearly in the blackest night
I grabbed the hotel phone
To get someone to their room
And they knocked upon the door
Saying, "what's going on in there?"
And a voice said, "nothing's going on
She just drank too much again"
And then he said, "she's just an Eskimo
With a drinking problem"
That's what he said
I knew the truth quite clearly
That this woman wasn't drunk
She was sober as a stone
While all of this was going on
And in answer to his hateful words
That he'd lied about his wife
Came the thought he's just a white guy
With a violence problem
With a violence problem
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Take my hand and walk with me
We are as one we all are one
God save this beaten woman
Who had fallen to her knees
And to all the other's like her
Who are ill with this disease
I still can hear her moaning
I just want my husband back
But I understood that somehow
She believed it was her fault
She thought it was something she did
Well I'd like to make her leave him
But I know I probably can't
And all the beaten women
Who have got to take a stand
We must not forget them
For we are all as one
Or ever hide our eyes
For I too have been one, I have been one
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Heal the sick and raise the dead
We are as one we all are one
Who was standing in the door
And she looked just like an Indian
She was brown with long black hair
Her face was almost vacant
But with a longing in her eyes
She stared at me directly
And it made me wonder why
It made me wonder why
Her gaze was still upon me
As I got into my car
And it made me feel uneasy
So I tried to look away
But I felt that she was needy
Though I didn't know just why
So I smiled a little smile
As I pulled the car away
I pulled the car away
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Take my hand and walk with me
We are as one, we all are one
It was later in the evening
That a noisy fight began
There was crying of a woman
And the yelling of a man
Shouting angry words of hatred
As he struck her with his hand
While she pleased for his mercy
But he failed to understand
Failed to understand
My blood began to boil
And I was outraged to my soul
At the legacy of violence
That's been passed to us from old
Tradition has allowed for men
To brutalize their wives
Expecting us to live with this threat
For all our lives, for all our lives
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Heal the sick, and raise the dead
My soul can fly, my soul can fly
Out over houses and fields
And I can see clearly in the blackest night
I grabbed the hotel phone
To get someone to their room
And they knocked upon the door
Saying, "what's going on in there?"
And a voice said, "nothing's going on
She just drank too much again"
And then he said, "she's just an Eskimo
With a drinking problem"
That's what he said
I knew the truth quite clearly
That this woman wasn't drunk
She was sober as a stone
While all of this was going on
And in answer to his hateful words
That he'd lied about his wife
Came the thought he's just a white guy
With a violence problem
With a violence problem
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Take my hand and walk with me
We are as one we all are one
God save this beaten woman
Who had fallen to her knees
And to all the other's like her
Who are ill with this disease
I still can hear her moaning
I just want my husband back
But I understood that somehow
She believed it was her fault
She thought it was something she did
Well I'd like to make her leave him
But I know I probably can't
And all the beaten women
Who have got to take a stand
We must not forget them
For we are all as one
Or ever hide our eyes
For I too have been one, I have been one
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Come with me and you will see
Things that will make you cry
Heal the sick and raise the dead
We are as one we all are one
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Writer(s): Rory Block
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