These rivers run too deep nWith schemes of men for days that lay aheadnThey sell their souls so cheap nThey breed mistrust and fill my heart with dread nnWhen did the boy become a man nAnd lose his life to learn nSo much confusion to this plan nThese times are not changing nnShow me the love to keep us together nOpen up your hearts don't turn me away nComfort me through this stormy weather nFrom where I stand, nI see a broken land nnThis boy had learned to fail nIn times like these to cry seems so absurd nHis own life's crisis pales nIn the shadow of this truly dying worldn nThese are the games we played at school nOur hands raised in despair nWith no exception to the rule nThese times are not changingnnnShow me the love to keep us together nOpen up your hearts don't turn me away nComfort me through this stormy weather nFrom where I stand, nI see a broken land nnShow me the love to keep us together nOpen up your hearts don't turn me away nComfort me through this stormy weather nFrom where I stand, nI see a broken land