The Body Bleeds


I passed her on the sidewalk
And I looked the other way
She was dirty, maybe crazy and Lord
I don’t know what I’d say

Lord you know I’d help her
If I had enough for me
So I left her there and said a prayer
That you’d ease her misery

My father, he got older
So I put him in a home
I didn’t visit much but Sundays
I might call him on the phone

Well He committed suicide
I heard it on the news
I asked God why, He had let him die
Cause we’d prayed hard from our pews

Note: consider maybe the following, instead of the previous 2 lines)

And I wondered why, no-one had tried
To reach out from those pews, and I prayed…

OR

So I sat there and said a prayer
And asked God from the pews, asking..

OR
It made me cry and how I tried
To reach God from these pews asking,

Note Ends - back to the song

How Long Lord must we bleed?
How Long Lord till you see?
How Long until you can’t ignore our need
As We bleed
How we bleed

(slow way down, play these chords slowly and half speak/half sing)

Am F
Last night I had a dream
G Em
While I lay in my bed

I dreamed His voice spoke to me
And this is what He said.

(Play intro, back to normal rhythm)

You put on Sunday faces
And you sing up with the choir
And you try to still the voice inside
That’s calling you a liar

You worship in your churches
And ignore Me in the world
You don’t even try, but wonder why
You bother anymore?

Did you ever visit me
Or bring me food or drink?
Would you dirty up your Sunday best
To wash my bloody feet?

When I comes to separate
The sheep, the goats, the choice
Will you say you never saw me there?
Then you never heard my voice?

And He said… How long Must I bleed?
How Long until you see?
How long until you can’t ignore the need
When One bleeds
The body bleeds
When one bleeds
My body bleeds