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So why do you wait
Until the darkness comes up to your door
For it to bother you?
And when do you learn
The world is dark and those who bear the light
Will pay for being true?

They're telling you
Be a big tall boy
Go and make some noise

Don't you wish sometimes we were less like gentle men
Knew how to give the world a hand
There must be a way to stand up!

The young and the old
Lives got cut off all the time while life
For you it was too good to understand
It was under your nose
Through the years while you were having fun
Thinking about your favourite bands

Tell me
What were you supposed to
Either say or do?

Don't you wish sometimes God would stop being a gentleman
Step in, give us all a hand
And show us a way to stand up!
Is there a way to stand up?

Now you say we need to look out for our own
Your white van men must be enthralled
And you can print whatever justifies
(Your pocket)
You don't abuse that freedom much at all

So we all went along with this
They were criminal chance scoundrels spoiling for a war

I must admit I was afraid
Watching daily every hour
But we failed to read the truth
And it's only getting sourer
Still I guess that we can live
In a world of so much pain
As long as we are in the warm
As long as we can stay protected from the rain

We never want for anything if want
Is something
We'd have to cross the ocean for
To kick our kids above the waterline
Witness
All their potential washed ashore

We walked by on the other side
No we just couldn't wait to get our heads back in the sand

But we've progressed to 'refugee'
From the previous 'migrant swarm'
Now that innocence is lost
And enough tears shed for a tropic storm
I guess that we can live
In a world of so much pain
As long as we can still be dry
As long as we're allowed to stay out of the rain

God forgive us every one
For all we haven't done
There's just no way that I can turn it into poetry or song
It's too tragic and I won't even try
I have to say it to myself as well as you
'Cause to look in the mirror these days is frankly all that I can do

Stand up like big tall boys
But it won't be with guns that we make our noise
Stand up like all men must do
But it won't be a sword that pushes us through

There's a sacrifice to make and songs that must be sung
We'll build a world for everyone if we stand up

Stand up, do it with your prayer
Set your fears aside
Cast away your care
(The world is crying for you)
Stand up with the love that you've found
Let compassion reign strong, spread that good stuff around
(The world is crying for you)

There's a planet out there where goodwill is crumbling down
You know our only option now is to stand up

There's a truth that must be told - the one true war was won
We'll build a world for everyone if we stand up

And our only option now is to
stand up
stand up
stand up!!!

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from New Forms Of Life (live at the Oakwood), released February 1, 2019

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