The Change

One hand

Reaches out

And pulls a lost soul from harm

While a thousand more

Go unspoken for

And they say,

“What good have you done

By saving just this one”

It’s like whispering a prayer

In the fury of a storm

And I hear them saying,

“You’ll never change things

And no matter what you do

It’s still the same thing”

But it’s not the world

That I am changing

I do this so,

This world will know

That it will not change me

This heart

still believes

That love and mercy

still exist

While all the hatreds rage

And so many say

“That love is all but pointless,

In madness such as this

“It’s like trying to stop a fire

With the moisture from a kiss”

And I hear them saying,

“You’ll never change things

And no matter what you do

It’s still the same thing”

But it’s not the world

That I am changing

I do this so,

This world will know

That it will not change me

As long as one heart still holds on

Then hope is never really gone

And I hear them saying,

“You’ll never change things

And no matter what you do

It’s still the same thing”

But it’s not the world

That I am changing

I do this so,

This world we know

Never changes me

What I do is so,

This world will know

That it will not change me

Performed by:  Garth Brooks

Written by:  Wayne Tester and Anthony Arata