Album: Away From The World (2012)
Charted: 95
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  • Don't give up, I know you can see
    All the world and the mess that we're making
    Can't give up and hope God will intercede
    Come on back, imagine that we could get it together

    Stand up for where we need to be
    'Cause crime won't save or feed a hungry child
    Can't lay down and wait for a miracle to change things

    So lift up your eyes, lift up your heart
    Singing, mercy will we overcome this
    Oh, one by one, could we turn it around?
    Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
    And I'll try to give you what you need

    Me and you, and you, and you just wanna be free, yeah-yeah
    But you see, all the world is just as we've made it
    And until we got a new world I've got to say
    That love is not a whisper or a weakness
    No, love is strong, so we got to get together
    Yeah, gotta get, gotta get, gotta get
    'Til there is no reason to fight

    Mercy, will we overcome this?
    Yeah, one by one, could we turn it around?
    Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
    And I'll try to give you what you need

    Yeah

    Yeah

    Oh, mercy, will we overcome this?
    Oh, have we come too far to turn it around
    Oh, is it, ask too much to be a little bit stronger
    'Cause I wanna give you what you need

    Mercy, what will become of us?
    Oh, one by one, could we turn it around?
    Maybe carry on just a little bit longer
    And I'll try to give you what you need Writer/s: David John Matthews, John Alagia
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