People, Turn Around

18 and jaded with guns in their hands They were fighting for freedom and just what is that? Bills to the banks and food for the kids Money for college but couldn't get in Made all the grades but got taken to task By a man in an alley wearing a mask Screamed and she begged as the people walked by The man he just laughed and the woman she cried Well, it's time all you people to turn around For the life we've been living, messing around The blood we've been spilling will bleed us dry The life we've been killing is your life like mine? The needle is sweet and the snow it is pure The pain I've been hiding from, I'm finding a cure The night it is warm, well the light it is cold The family I'm loving, I'm calling them home Well, it's time all you people to turn around For the life we've been living, messing around The blood we've been spilling will bleed us dry The life we've been killing is your life like mine? My heart it is thumping, the veins they've been blue The blood that's been pumping still hasn't met you The beard that I'm growing not fully grown The years are not coming the way I thought they would I'm hoping and waiting for something to sing Like the angels in heaven, the bones on the street Hoping for love to find a new voice The song that needs singing has already been sung before Well, it's time all you people to turn around For the life we've been living, messing around The blood we've been spilling will bleed us dry The life we've been killing is your life like mine? Turn around For the life we've been living, messing around The blood we've been spilling will bleed us dry The life we've been killing is your life like mine?