Im Listening

[Intro]
 


[Verse 1]
    
Why didn t anyone believe
                       
A single word when you said it was
                          
  It was your father s friend
           
Yeah, only fourteen, life goes on
                                    
Who knows, you prob ly brought this on yourself
                      
It s better not to tell


[Chorus]
                                       
Mother, mother, how many tears have you cried?
                                         
Mother, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
                                      
Mother, how many years before you could breathe?
                                 
Mother, I won t turn away when you speak
                            
I m listening, I m listening


[Verse 2]
 
To a daughter now it happens too
                          
Freshman year, he s waiting in your bed
                  
Suppose to be a friend

You tried to forget the way you felt
                            
You fought, but he forced himself on you
                        
He left you black and blue


[Chorus]
                                
Sister, why did nobody trust your cries?
                                           
Sister, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
                                 
Sister, you are braver than you believed
                                    
Together we will find a way to healing
                            
I m listening, I m listening


[Bridge]
                           
And brother, where could you go?
                    
Honestly, we don t know what to do
        
When a teacher takes what he took from you
                            
And brother, where could you run?
                         
Shame turned you silent and made a prison

Could you learn to speak again
                          
If we were only listening?


[Chorus]
                                   
Brother, there is freedom for you to cry
                                           
Brother, I will listen to you tonight to the truth
                                
Brother, I pray you can begin to breathe
                                    
Brother, please don t, don t be afraid to speak
                          
I m listening, I m listening,
                        
I m listening, I m listening

I m listening