Mother, mother,
tell your children
that their time has just begun.
I have suffered for my anger.
There are wars that can't be won.
Father, father,
please believe me, I am laying down my gun.
I am broken like an arrow.
Forgive me,
forgive your wayward son.
Everybody needs somebody to love.
Mother, mother, somebody to love.
Please believe me.
It is hard to hold on when there's no one to lean on.
You know you're gonna live through the rain.
No, we gotta keep the faith.
Keep the faith,
keep the faith.
Lord, we gotta keep the faith.
Tell me, baby,
when I hurt you, do you keep it all inside?
Do you tell me, oh, forgive me?
Just hide behind your pride.
Everybody needs somebody to love.
Mother, father, somebody to love.
Please don't leave me.
Everybody's been hurt and tortured.
It's hard to be strong when there's no one to dream on.
Hey,
now we're gonna live through the rain.
No, we gotta keep the faith.
Hey,
don't you know it's never too late?
Right now we're gonna keep the faith.
Hey,
don't you let your love turn to hate.
Lord, you gotta keep the faith.
Keep the faith.
Keep the faith.
Oh, we gotta keep the faith.
Keep the faith.
Keep the faith.
I've been walking in the footsteps of society's lies.
I don't like what I see no more.
Sometimes I wish I was blind.
Sometimes I wait forever,
just staying out in the rain.
Suddenly no one sees me crying,
trying to wash away this pain.
Mother, father,
there's things I've done I can't erase.
Every night we've all been praised.
It's hard with the world in your face.
Keep the faith.
Keep the faith.
Everybody keep the faith.
The faith.
The faith.
Everybody needs somebody to love.
Everybody needs somebody to love.