On the Turning Away

Em D G C Em On the turning away from the pale and downtrodden

D G C and the words they say which we won't understand.

Em C G Don't accept that what's happening

Em G C Is just a case of others' suffering

G C Em D G Or you'll find that you're joining in the turning away.

Em D G C Em It's a sin that somehow light is changing to shadow

D G C and casting its shroud over all we have known.

Em C G Unaware how the ranks have grown

Em G C Driven on by a heart of stone

G C Em D G We could find that we're all alone in the dream of the proud.

Em D G C Em On the wings of the night as the daytime is stirring.

D G C Where the speechless unite in a silent accord.

Em C G Using words you will find are strange

Em G C And mesmerized as they light the flame

G C Em D G Feel the new wind of change on the wings of the night.

Em D G C Em No more turning away from the weak and the weary.

D G C No more turning away from the coldness inside.

Em C G Just a world that we all must share

Em G C It's not enough just to stand and stare

G C Em D G Is it only a dream that there'll be no more turning away?