Me an' my brother, hot dusty day
Pickin
 peas from the vine
Where the honey bees play
Stealin
 fresh fruit from the garden out there
Never a worry and never a care
But it didn
t stay that way in my troubled world
Deliverin
 papers in the city heat
I heard the cry of the jungle,
Stingin' lead an' concrete
They were screamin
 for justice, burnin
 downtown
I felt the frustration comin
 fast and loud
But it didn
t stay that way in my troubled world
I marched and I shouted, I listened and thought
Surrendered to despair an' the drugs I bought
Buyin
 and sellin
 a world of pain
Tried to take my life in a winter's rain
But it didn
t stay that way in my troubled world
Somebody told me when I was young
That this troubled world was honestly loved
Bought and paid for by a Sacrifice
My innocence lost, my soul on ice
What a cruel cruel joke, what a great mistake
Of the lonely years and the mess I made
And that night I cried and I named that name
For He loved me so though we'd been so estranged
But it didn
t stay that way in my troubled world
Glad to say it didn
t stay that way
In my troubled world