Lyrics

Reach The Children
Lana Jellison Chandler
TLC Squared Publishing / BMI © 2015

1.

Mommy’s on drugs, daddy’s in jail
Somebody’s tryin’ to pay my uncle’s bail
This is my life, it’s all that I know
I’ve run away once, thinkin’ ‘bout twice
Gotta find help, surely there’s more to life
Than this, can somebody reach the children


C.

They’re too young to know all that they know
And they’ve been through more than a child should go
Their bodies are bruised, their hearts are scarred with fear
They’re looking for love, hopin’ to find
Something to soothe their troubled minds
It’s real, can somebody reach the children

2.

Tossed to and fro, with 3 moms and 4 dads
Never knowing a home and the love that it has
How can I long for something I’ve never known
Abused and mistreated, brought to much shame
Don’t even know my own last name
Can somebody help, can somebody reach the children

C.

Cause they’re too young to know all that they know
And they’ve been through more than a child should go
Their bodies are bruised, their hearts are scarred with fear
They’re looking for love, hopin’ to find
Something to soothe their troubled minds
It’s real, can somebody reach the children

B.
It’s up to me and it’s up to you
We know what we’ve got to do
We’ve got to take the love of Jesus to where they are

C.

Cause they’re too young to know all that they know
And they’ve been through more than any child should go
Their bodies are bruised, their hearts are scarred with fear
They’re looking for love, hopin’ to find
Somethin to soothe their troubled minds
It’s real, can somebody reach the children

It’s so real, can somebody reach the children
Oh yes It’s real, can somebody reach the children