There is a woman in Somalia   Scraping for pearls by the roadside   There is a force stronger than nature   Keeps her will alive      That is how she lives her life   She is dying to survive   I don't know what she's made of   But I would like to be that brain      She cries to the heavens above   There's a stone in my heart   She lives a life she didn't choose   And it hurts like brand new shoes   Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes   And it hurts like brand new shoes      There is a woman in Rwanda   The sun shows her no mercy   The same sky we lay under   It burns her to the bone      Long is afternoon shadows   It's gonna take her to get home   Each gray carefully wrapped up   Pearls for her little girl      Hallelujah, Hallelujah      She cries to the heavens above   There's a stone in my heart   She lives a life she didn't choose   And it hurts like brand new shoes   Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes   And it hurts like brand new shoes      There was a womanin Somalia   There was a woman in Rwanda   There was a woman in Tibet   There is a woman in a Congo   And she hurts like brand new shoes      Hallelujah, Hallelujah   Ohhh   Hallelujah, Hallelujah   (African words sung)   Hallelujah, Hallelujah   Hallelujah, Hallelujah   Hallelujah, Hallelujah