I've wept for those who suffer long
But how I weep for those who've gone
Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong

But keep on killing
It's in the soul to feel such things
But weak to watch without speaking

Oh what mercy sadness brings
If God be willing


There is a train that's heading straight
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man,

And woman wait, watch and wait
For redemption day


Fire rages in the streets
And swallows everything it meets
It's just an image often seen

On television
Come leaders, come you men of great
Let us hear you pontificate

Your many virtues laid to waste
And we aren't listening


What do you have for us today
Throw us a bone but save the plate
On why we waited til so late

Was there no oil to excavate
No riches in trade for the fate
Of every person who died in hate

Throw us a bone, you men of great

There is a train that's heading straight

To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man,
And woman wait, watch and wait

For redemption day

It's buried in the countryside

It's exploding in the shells at night
It's everywhere a baby cries
Freedom