To Bobby

歌詞

You set us marching along the road And said how heavy was the load But the years were young The struggle bearly had its start You have seen the children in the night crying Seen the children in the morning light dying Perhaps the pictures in the Times Could no longer be put in rhymes But all the eyes of starving children are wide open You cast aside the cursed crown And put your magic into a sound That made me think your heart was aching Or even broken You stood alone upon the mountain til it was sinking And in a frenzy we tried to reach you With looks and letters we would beseech you Never knowing what where or how you were thinking But if God hears my complaint He will forgive you And so will I with all respect I'll just relive you Like these flowers at your door And scribbled notes about the war We're only saying that time is short And there is work to do And we're still marching along the streets With little victories and big defeats But there is joy and there is hope And there's a place for you And you have seen the children in the night Bobby Seen the children in the morning light Bobby They're dying