Track: 6. Who Can You Lean On — 3:28

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Lyrics:

You were standing on the corner
when I came rushing by,
dropped some spare change in your hand,
never looked you in the eye.
I steer clear of trouble,
hope trouble don't find me.
Where can you take refuge
in this dark cold city?

Who can you lean on?
Where can you turn to?
What can you count on?

A candy store is burglarized;
All the thrills are cheap.
Too late the children realize
this time the game's for keeps.
The cards are stacked forever
against an angry child.
Oh, how can you find safety
in a city running wild?

Who can you lean on?
Where can you turn to?
What can you count on?

Too many women brutalized,
too many have no choice,
crying out into the dark,
where no one hears their voice.
You say its not your problem,
until the day comes when
those women are your sisters,
your daughters and your friends.

Who can you lean on?
Where can you turn to?
What can you count on?

Half a billion people on the streets,
another half in jail -
That's what starts to happen
when the whole darn system fails.
Some try to buy their freedom,
but they cannot sleep at night.
Others out there're working
to set this whole world right.

And you must lean on me,
and I will turn to you,
and we must count on us.

And you must lean on me,
and I will turn to you,
and we can count on us,
and we can count on us,
and we must count on us.

Note: A earlier version of this song with different lyrics is available on the album Skies Ablaze

By Linda Hirschhorn (©1984)

Arranged by Vocolot

ISRC: US-CGH-05-75087

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