Don't Close Your Eyes

So many places, they'll never see
So many people, they'll never be
All of the questions, they'll never ask
All of the lessons, learned too fast
Child after Child, they slip through the cracks
God knows the faces that just won't be back
Cries in the night, that fall on deaf ears
Some never cry, they've run out of tears

Don't Close Your Eyes
Open Your Heart, and show some love
Don't Close Your Eyes
Open Your Heart, and show some love
Don't Close Your Eyes...

Thrown away children, tossed to the streets
Taste of honey, for something to eat
Beaten and battered, too scared to tell
Broken and shattered, livin' in hell
No one to run to, with nowhere to hide
Masking pains, that burn deep inside
How can we call ourselves civilized
We need to do more than just sympathize

Don't Close Your Eyes
Open Your Heart, and show some love
Don't Close Your Eyes
Open Your Heart, and show some love

Reach out, We can't stand by
While children suffer and babies cry
We have the power, We can heal
Let's show them all our love

Don't Close Your Eyes
Open Your Heart, and show some love
Don't Close Your Eyes
Open Your Heart, and show some love

To Fade...

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