Me an my brother, hot dusty day

Pickin peas from the vine

Where the honey bees play

Stealin fresh fruit from the garden out there

Never a worry and never a care



But it didn't stay that way in my troubled world



Deliverin papers in the city heatI heard the cry of the jungle,

Stingin lead an concrete

They were screamin for justice, burnin downtown

I felt the frustration comin fast and loud



But it didn't stay that way in my troubled world



I marched and I shouted, I listened and thought

Surrendered to despair an the drugs I bought

Buyin and sellin a world of pain

Tried to take my life in a winter's rain



But it didn't stay that way in my troubled world



Somebody told me when I was young

That this troubled world was honestly loved

Bought and paid for by a Sacrifice

My innocence lost, my soul on iceWhat a cruel cruel joke, what a great mistake

Of the lonely years and the mess I made

And that night I cried and I named that name

For He loved me so though we'd been so estranged



But it didn't stay that way in my troubled world

Glad to say it didn't stay that way

In my troubled world