A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE

Michael Greene

FIFTEEN YEARS OLD   TRAPPED IN POVERTY  
SEARCHING FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM   IN HER BABY’S HUNGRY EYES
THIS MOTHER LIVES IN FEAR   SHE’S BEEN CONDEMED AND SENTENCED
THERE SEEMS NO NEED TO GO ON   AND NOBODY HEARS THEIR CRIES
NO ONE HEARS THEIR CRIES   NO ONE HEARS THEIR CRIES
IN A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE   NOBODY HEARS THEIR CRIES

IT WAS A DARK HOT NIGHT   THREE YOUNG MEN WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO
TOOK THEIR ANGER OUT ON A GIRL WE ALL KNEW
GOD BLOCKED KATY’S MIND FROM REMEMBERING THE ACT THAT RAVAGED
HER BODY AND SOUL BUT THE TERROR STILL COMES THROUGH
IT STILL COMES THROUGH   IT STILL COMES THROUGH
IN A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE THE TERROR STILL COMES THROUGH

HIV CHILD   HIS FRIENDS AND TEACHERS DISCOVER THE TERRIBLE TRUTH
THAT HIS PARENTS COULD NOT HIDE   HE KEEPS TO HIMSELF
ALL OF HIS HOPES AND DREAMS THEY’RE SHATTERED
AND ALL OF HIS FRIENDS   THEY CAN’T HIDE THE FEAR IN THEIR EYES
IT’S IN THEIR EYES   IT’S IN THEIR EYES
IN A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE THERE’S FEAR IN THE YOUNGSTER’S EYES
WHAT’S WRONG WITH A WORLD WHERE THERE’S FEAR

IN THE YOUNGSTER’S EYES