JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
WORDS BY: BRIAN DOUGHERTY
 
 
 
IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING
AND THE RAIN TURNED TO SNOW
THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO WARNING
AND JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
SHE WAS BORN LESS THAN A YEAR BEFORE
A DEFECT AT BIRTH CHEATED HER CHANCE TO GROW
SOMETIMES DISEASE IT IS THE MOST PAINFUL WAR
JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
POLITICIANS LYING TO US IN AN ELECTION
ANYTHING TO RECEIVE OUR VOTE
RUNNING OF THE MOUTH IN EVERY DIRECTION
AND JUST HOW COULD ANY BODY KNOW
 
MIDDLE EAST A HOSTAGE SITUATION
FREEDOM IS A RIGHT - LET GOD'S PEOPLE GO
THE DESIRE OF GREED MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS
JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
A MAN ONCE DREAMED WE'D ALL LIVE TOGETHER
EQUALITY FOR A WHITE DOVE AND A BLACK CROW
ARE WE BIRDS OF ANOTHER FEATHER
AND JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
THE TREMORS CAME SO VERY FAST
NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE THE BLOW
IT'S NOT THE FIRST IT WON'T BE THE LAST
AND JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
THEY SAY IT'S A MATTER OF A MOTHER'S CHOICE
SOME SAY IT'S A RIGHT - OTHERS SAY IT ISN'T SO
DESTROYING A PART OF GOD'S UNBORN VOICE
JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
TOO MUCH VIOLENCE AND SEX ON TV
RAPPERS - BAD LANGUAGE ON THE RADIO
CENSORSHIP OF WHAT WE HEAR AND SEE
JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
SOME SAY THE PROPHECY IT IS AT END
MORALITY IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW
AND THE HORSES SOON HE WILL SEND
BUT JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING
THE RAIN TURNED TO SNOW
THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO WARNING
JUST HOW COULD ANYBODY KNOW
 
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