You see people coming from all sidesnWith their broken hearts and hollow eyesnAnd you try to love but it's easier to hatenWhen the seed that was planted was watered too latenOooh oh childnOooh oh childnYour roots stretch down to grow up wildnRoots stretch down to grow up wildnnIt was late last night when the doorbell rangnMy brother in some troublenHe stood shaking on the doorstep in the rainnWith a freight train pounding in his veinsnAnd I took him in and cleaned him upnGave him some water and I put him to bednThen I cried for the sadness of his lifenAnd his lonely struggle with addictionnFriends say oh what a shamenMum says no one but himself to blamenBut I don't want to play that gamen'Cos I know the truth is not so plainnCall it a hard life or a lack of lovenCall it passed down from his fathernCall it lack of faith in god abovenThere are no easy answersnHe is just a childnHe is just a childnArms stretched out for lovenArms stretched out for lovenArms stretched out for love