Lyrics
Heaven help the child who never had a home,
Expresses concern for a child without a home, invoking a plea for divine assistance.
Heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone
Sympathizes with a girl navigating the streets alone, calling for heavenly aid.
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall,
Requests divine intervention for the safety of roses if bombs fall, symbolizing a plea for peace.
Heaven help us all.
A general plea for divine help in a troubled world.
Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day,
Asks for assistance for a black man facing ongoing struggles.
Heaven help the white man if he turns his back away.
Extends the plea to a white man who may be turning away from problems, seeking divine guidance.
Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl,
Condemns those who mistreat others, urging divine intervention for the victim.
Heaven help us all.
Reiterates the plea for heavenly help in the face of adversity.
Heaven help us all
Repeats the call for divine assistance.
Heaven help us all, help us all.
Emphasizes the collective need for divine help.
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call Oh, yeah!
Invokes the Lord to hear the collective plea for help.
Heaven help the boy who won't reach twenty one,
Expresses concern for a boy not reaching adulthood.
Heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun.
Highlights the tragic consequences of providing a young person with a weapon.
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall,
Sympathizes with those facing adversity and calls for divine assistance.
Lord, Heaven help us all.
Reiterates the plea for heavenly help in a troubled world.
Heaven help us all.
Repeats the call for divine assistance.
Heaven help us all,
Reiterates the collective plea for heavenly help.
Heaven help us all, help us all.
Emphasizes the collective need for divine help.
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, help us all.
Calls on the Lord to hear and respond to the collective plea for help.
Now I lay me down before I go to sleep.
Expresses a prayer before sleep, seeking protection in a troubled world.
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep, keep hatred from the mighty,
Prays for divine intervention to prevent hatred, especially from those in power.
And the mighty, from the small,
Asks for protection for both the mighty and the small, emphasizing equality.
Heaven help us all.
Reiterates the plea for heavenly help in a troubled world.
Oh, oh, oh, yeah!
Expressive interjection emphasizing the urgency of the plea.
Heaven help us all
Repeats the call for divine assistance.
Heaven help us all.
Reiterates the plea for divine help.
Heaven help us all,
Emphasizes the collective need for divine help.
Heaven help us all, help us all.
Reiterates the collective plea for heavenly help.
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, help us all.
Calls on the Lord to hear and respond to the collective plea for help.
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