Papa Can You Hear Me?

How long before the forests
Become a barren land
How long before the ocean
Turn into salt and sand
How long before the rivers
Flow into emptiness
How long before the eagle
Has no place to rest

How long before the sky blue
Becomes a darkened haze
How long before Mother Nature
Forgets her natural ways
How long before the dolphin's cries
Are silenced in the deep
How long before a nation
Awakens from its sleep

Papa, can You hear me
I need Your Spirit near me
Oh, if we could journey back in time
Knowing what we've left behind
Would we, whoa-whoa, whoa...

I walked along the shoreline
And saw the blackened beach
I knelt beside a seagull
Tattered, torn and weak
I looked out to the ocean
As tears fell from my eyes
I wondered what we'll tolerate
Before we realize

Papa, can You hear me
I need Your Spirit near me, yeah
Oh, if we could journey back in time
Knowing what we've left behind
Would we
Papa, can You hear me
I need Your Spirit near me, yeah
Oh, when I look into the children's eyes
I pray that time is on their side
Oh-whoa, whoa...

The sequence has begun
You know the damage has been done
Is this the point of no return

Papa, can You hear me
I need Your Spirit near me, oh...
If we could journey back in time
Knowing what we've left behind
Would we, could we, Papa
Papa, can You hear me
I need Your Spirit near me, yeah
Oh, when I look into the children's eyes
I pray that time is on their side
Whoa-whoa, whoa...
Whoa-whoa...

Forgive us, Father
Help us to learn
Forgive us