#7in7… song 3 – streets (allelulia)

i talked with a friend of mine the other day about his time in thailand sharing the love of Christ with the people of pattaya. read about his experience here.  pattaya is the “sex vacation capital of the world”.  this means there are thousands of young girls who grow up with this inevitability.  as a father of girls this breaks my heart and scares me.  i wrote this with these things in mind.

streets (alleluia)
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Marianna is lost somewhere between poverty and broken bones
every night is the last night that she will sleep alone

her heart begs for a road to walk that feels less like hell
a little girl needing time to grow, not ways to find a meal, but…

its true, she’ll do what she has to do

this alley way is a lonely place for her to call a home
but what the hell does she compare it with , the alley is all she knows

every night there’s a colder hand, colder than her bed
the cold hand tries to take her soul, it’s taking all that’s left and…

its true, she’ll do what she has to do

the city streets are crying, but our heads have turned away
their hearts are crying, but our hearts have turned away

alleluia
somewhere, somehow
alleluia
somewhere, somehow

somewhere, somehow
alleluia

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