In the cities and the towns   The word is coming down   No more doubt, no more pain      There's been a dragging of the chain   Now there's a price we gotta pay   No way out, no way 'round      Where is the town that we lived in, brother?   Where is the sound of the church bells, sister?   Now is the time to heal      You keep running from the wheel   But there's nothing left to feel   Empty heart down and out      Now the writer's can't explain   Why we're playing up again   No way out, no way down      Where is the hope of a clean tomorrow?   Hope only offers when justice is coming   Now is the time to heal      Where is the ground, the beloved country?   Women and men who have fallen silent   Where are the words that can speak forgiveness?   Now is the time, now is the time, now is the time to heal