People, Turn Around

Eighteen and jaded with guns in their hands

They were fightin' 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 wearin' a mask

Screamed and she begged

As the people walked by

Well, the man, he just laughed

And the woman, she cried

Well, it's time all you people turn around

For the life we've been livin'

Messin' around

The blood we've been spillin'

Will bleed us dry

The life we've been killin'

Is your life like mine?

The needle is sweet and the snow, it is pure

The pain I've been hidin' from, I'm findin' a cure

The night, it is warm, well, the light, it is cold

Family I'm lovin', I'm callin' them home

Well, it's time all you people turn around

For the life we've been livin'

Messin' around

The blood we've been spillin'

Will bleed us dry

The life we've been killin'

Is your life like mine?

My heart, it is thumpin'

Veins, they've been blue

The blood that's been pumpin'

Still hasn't met you

The beard that I'm growin' is not fully grown

The years are not comin'

The way I thought they would

I'm hopin' and waitin' for somethin' to sing

Like the angels in Heaven

The bones on the street

Hopin' for love to find a new voice

The song that needs singin'

Has already been sung before

Well, it's time all you people, turn around

For the life we've been livin'

Messin' around

The blood we've been spillin'

Will bleed us dry

The life we've been killin'

Is your life like mine?

Turn around

For the life we've been livin'

Messin' around

The blood we've been spillin'

Will bleed us dry

The life we've been killin'

Is your life like mine?