ANOTHER YEAR ANOTHER TEAR

ANOTHER TEAR TO SHOW THE FEARS,

ANOTHER YEAR HAS COME AND GONE.

ANOTHER BLOOD STAIN ON THE WALL. 

ANOTHER VOICE, ANOTHER FACE 

WILL TAKE HIS PLACE. 

SOUND OF WAR OUTSIDE THE DOOR

KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN, 

THE BOMB WILL FALL.

THE HOMELESS EAGLE FLIES ALONE,

HE LOOKS FOR PREY

, BUT DOESNT SCORE. 

MY FATHER’S CALLING TO GET BACK HOME.

I CANNOT GO ‘TILL MY TIME COMES. 

THE HOLE GETS BIGGER ALL THE TIME,

IT WILL TAKE YOUR SOUL, 

LIKE IT TOOK MINE.

UPON THE CROSS I LAID TO REST 

I FELT THE NAILS, GO THROUGH MY VEINS.

THE CLOUDS WERE GREY, ONCE THEY WERE WHITE 

WHERE THE TRUTH IS, IT’S HARD TO FIND.

ANOTHER YEAR HAS COME AND GONE. 

ANOTHER TEAR TO SHOW THE FEARS.

ANOTHER BLOOD STAIN ON THE WALL 

ANOTHER VOICE. ANOTHER FACE

WILL TAKE HIS PLACE. 

ALL THE LOVE

 IF A CHILD LIVES WITH CRITICISM, 

HE LEARNS TO CONDEMN.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH RIDICULE, 

HE LEARNS TO BE SHY.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH HOSTILITY, 

HE LEARNS TO FIGHT.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH SHAME, 

HE LEARNS TO FEEL GUILTY.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH TOLERANCE, 

HE LEARNS TO BE PATIENT.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH ENCOURAGEMENT, 

HE LEARNS CONFIDENCE.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH PRAISE, 

HE LEARNS TO APPRECIATE.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH FAIRNESS, 

HE LEARNS JUSTICE. 

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH SECURITY, 

HE LEARNS TO HAVE FAITH.

IF A CHILD LIVES WITH APPROVAL, 

HE LEARNS TO LIKE HIMSELF.

AND IF A CHILD LIVES WITH ACCEPTANCE, 

AND FRIENDSHIP, HE LEARNS TO FIND

LOVE IN THE WORLD.

by Anthony Correa