[Verse 1]
C#m B F#
Those neighbor kids, they meant no harm.
C#m B F#
Came home from church to find a three-alarm.
C#m B F#
To my sister’s, she gave us a key.
C#m B F#
Three years, one room, two kids and me.
[Chorus]
B11 F#
But he would lift my burden—
E C#m
All the power, the comfort
In his name.
B11 F#
Is that so much to ask—
E C#m
To believe and be unashamed?
[Verse 2]
C#m B F# E
Stay after church, for friends of friends of Bill.
C#m B F# E
I tell the story of my son, his need, the pain to kill.
C#m B F# E
How I saved all the money, a box in a drawer.
C#m B F# E
How I’d give it to him; knew what it was for.
[Chorus]
B11 F#
But he would lift my burden—
E C#m
All the power, the comfort
In his name.
B11 F#
Is that so much to ask—
E C#m
To believe and be unashamed?
[Bridge]
E
The visits get harder.
Ab E
He lowers his eyes, and every time
C#m
They get darker.
B F#
I show him the pictures drawn by his kid.
E C#m F#
How do you learn you can smother someone with your love?
E C#m F#
Isn’t loving at all in this world hard enough?
C#m B11 F#m
Those neighbor kids, they meant no harm.