Redemption Day

I've wept for those who suffer long But how I weep for those who've gone Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong That keep on killin' It's in the soul to feel such things But weak to watch without speaking Oh what mercy sadness brings If God be willing There is a train that's headed straight To Heaven's gate, to Heaven's gate And on the way child and man An' woman wait, watch an' wait For Redemption Day Fire rages in the streets An' swallows everything it meets It's just an image often seen On television Come leaders, come you men of great Let us hear you pontificate Your many virtues laid to waste An' we aren't listening What do you have for us today? Throw us a bone but save the plate Oh why we waited 'til so late Was there no oil to excavate? No riches in trade for the fate Of every person who died in hate Throw us a bone you men of great There is a train that's headed straight To Heaven's gate, to Heaven's gate And on the way child and man An' woman wait, watch an' wait For Redemption Day It's buried in the countryside Explodin' in the shells of night It's everywhere a baby cries Freedom Freedom Freedom ...