To Bobby

[Verse 1]

I'll put flowers at your feet

And I will sing to you so sweet

And hope my words will carry home

To your heart

You left us marching on the road

And said how heavy was the load

But the years were young

The struggle barely had its start

[Chorus]

Do you hear the voices in the night, Bobby?

They're crying for you

See the children in the morning light, Bobby

They're dying

[Verse 2]

No one could say it like you said it

We'd only try and just forget it

You stood alone upon the mountain

'Til it was sinking

And in a frenzy we tried to reach you

With looks and letters we would beseech you

Never knowing what, where or how

You were thinking

[Chorus]

Do you hear the voices in the night, Bobby?

They're crying for you

See the children in the morning light, Bobby

They're dying

[Verse 3]

Perhaps the pictures in the Times

Could no longer be put in rhymes

When all the eyes of starving children

Are wide open

You cast aside the cursed crown

And put your magic into a sound

That made me think your heart was aching

Or even broken

[Bridge]

But if God hears my complaint

He will forgive you

And so will I, with all respect

I'll just relive you

And likewise, you must understand

These things we give you

[Verse 4]

Like these flowers at your door

And scribbled notes about the war

We're only saying the time is short

And there is work to do

And we're still marching in the streets

With little victories and big defeats

But there is joy and there is hope

And there's a place for you

[Chorus]

And you have heard the voices in the night, Bobby

They're crying for you

See the children in the morning light, Bobby

They're dying