(Tony Joe White)
I'Ve Kept It Inside Much To Long
There'S No Relief

Carry It Around Just Like A Stone
Too Heavy For Me


I Had Paid The Price
Of Standing On The Outside Looking In


It'S Time To Let The Healing Begin

A Boy Is Strung Out He'S Going Through Hell

His Mother Weeps
His Spirit Is Broken And There'S Nothing Left
Just A Terrible Need


And The Days Are Marked By The Heaviness Of The Heart
It Never Mends

Until The Healing Begins

And The Tension Prowls The Streets Like And Animal

The People Stay Behind Their Locks And Chains
It'S A Shame
When So Many Are Trying Their Best To Live As One

And The Smoke Form The Fires Covers The Sun

A Young Girl Is Lying In The Dirt

Her Dreams Ended There
Caught In The Crossfire On Somebody'S Turf
Hatred In The Air


It'S A Voice That Never Sings
A Winter Without The Spring

It Never Ends
It'S Time To Let The Healing Begin
It'S Time To Let The Healing Begin