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As the earth turns,
The sun brings pain,
So does the rain.
It wasn’t that long ago,
that she could stand,
It was that long ago,
that she could run.
Now everything seems to be an enemy,
Forcing her into that bed,
A cloud passing over, the click of a lamp,
and she’s tremoring for hours
Why?
What has happened here?
Just a few months ago, she was on top of the world,
Now she’s trapped down deep below,
Locked up in her room she shudders from intruding sound and light.
The few times she manages to go out,
all she hears is nasty comments about how she’s stealing taxpayer’s money
because she’s too lazy to work.
Stop and think,
She’d give anything to have the energy to complete her grocery shopping without resting,
Stop and think,
She’d give anything to focus on a book
Stop and think,
She’d give anything to be able to use her college degree
But other plans are in store for her,
All she can do is hope that brain surgery will return the self she knows
because medicine has failed her.
Medicine has failed her.
Medicine has failed her
It would be nice to look up at the sky,
To run a race,
To play a computer game,
Or climb the monkey bars,
But those things are out of reach to some little boys
Stop and think,
This shopping trip might mean a 3 day bed-rest for that teenager in line behind you
The disco light advertising the pizza parlor,
might mean an ER trip for that mother walking with her young children
Stop and think,
How would you feel if most everything was an enemy,
a light, a sound, the pattern on a passing strangers dress
And then you were criticized by strangers
For using the aid that’s keeping you alive
Stop and think
Stop and think
Stop and think
To some people most everything is an enemy they can’t escape.
There is a father that turns his back, every time the door is opened,
He’d love to watch his son play ball, take him camping, or go fishing,
A mother can’t chaperone the field trip,
because of the light on the school bus.
A brother can’t watch tv, a sister can’t eat a piece of her birthday cake,
Wrapping paper needs to be carefully selected for Uncle Joe’s present,
Otherwise he’ll miss out on the entire celebration
The captain of the swimming team isn’t allowed in the water any more.
It’s too dangerous for Mary to ride the bike she asked for every day last year
So the next time, before you speak,
Stop and think about who you are talking too
Not everyone as is lucky as you are,
Looking normal doesn’t mean you are healthy
Oh how I wish I did it,
It would be nice to toss away that government card,
Go to work and earn a promotion,
But that might never be more than a dream for me.
The sun brings pain,
So does the rain.
It wasn’t that long ago,
that she could stand,
It was that long ago,
that she could run.
Now everything seems to be an enemy,
Forcing her into that bed,
A cloud passing over, the click of a lamp,
and she’s tremoring for hours
Why?
What has happened here?
Just a few months ago, she was on top of the world,
Now she’s trapped down deep below,
Locked up in her room she shudders from intruding sound and light.
The few times she manages to go out,
all she hears is nasty comments about how she’s stealing taxpayer’s money
because she’s too lazy to work.
Stop and think,
She’d give anything to have the energy to complete her grocery shopping without resting,
Stop and think,
She’d give anything to focus on a book
Stop and think,
She’d give anything to be able to use her college degree
But other plans are in store for her,
All she can do is hope that brain surgery will return the self she knows
because medicine has failed her.
Medicine has failed her.
Medicine has failed her
It would be nice to look up at the sky,
To run a race,
To play a computer game,
Or climb the monkey bars,
But those things are out of reach to some little boys
Stop and think,
This shopping trip might mean a 3 day bed-rest for that teenager in line behind you
The disco light advertising the pizza parlor,
might mean an ER trip for that mother walking with her young children
Stop and think,
How would you feel if most everything was an enemy,
a light, a sound, the pattern on a passing strangers dress
And then you were criticized by strangers
For using the aid that’s keeping you alive
Stop and think
Stop and think
Stop and think
To some people most everything is an enemy they can’t escape.
There is a father that turns his back, every time the door is opened,
He’d love to watch his son play ball, take him camping, or go fishing,
A mother can’t chaperone the field trip,
because of the light on the school bus.
A brother can’t watch tv, a sister can’t eat a piece of her birthday cake,
Wrapping paper needs to be carefully selected for Uncle Joe’s present,
Otherwise he’ll miss out on the entire celebration
The captain of the swimming team isn’t allowed in the water any more.
It’s too dangerous for Mary to ride the bike she asked for every day last year
So the next time, before you speak,
Stop and think about who you are talking too
Not everyone as is lucky as you are,
Looking normal doesn’t mean you are healthy
Oh how I wish I did it,
It would be nice to toss away that government card,
Go to work and earn a promotion,
But that might never be more than a dream for me.