Father I'm Calling You

Intro adlib
A promise is a comfort to a fool

1. Walking in the street full of hunger In the darkess night
Mi sey yuh feel it when yuh hungry
Yuh belly squeeze up tight
Will you heed my call if you hear me start to cry
I'm thinking of the streets of gold that they promise to I & I

Chorus
Father I'm calling you
Father will you come this way
I'm calling you
Come and help us save the day

2. In my sight I can't take it no more
Mi sey them close the door
Only place for the rich ones yeah
No place for the poor now
The earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof
Some people belly full and some nuh have enough

Chorus
Father I'm calling you
Father will you pass this way
I'm calling you
Come and help us save the day

Bridge
Dem greedy, dem greedy, dem greedy, dem greedy, dem greedy yeah
Help the needy, the needy, the needy, the needy, the needy, I say

3. It can't be fair on people, when the people dem work so hard
And when dem go home dem nuh have, nuh food a dem yard

Chorus
Father I'm calling you
Father will you come this way
I'm calling you
Come and help us save the day
Solo
Promise is a comfort ah, ah, ah
A comfort to a fool
Got to give more
See the people dem suffering yeah ah

3. Walking in the street full of hunger In the darkess night
Mi sey yuh feel it when yuh hungry
Yuh belly squeeze up tight
Will you heed my call if you hear me start to cry
I'm thinking of the streets of gold that they promise to I & I

Chorus
Father I'm calling you
Father will you come this way
I'm calling you
Come and help us save the day

4. In my sight I can't take it no more
Mi sey them close the door
Only place for the rich ones yeah
No place for the poor now
The earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof
Some people belly full and some nuh have enough

Chorus
Father I'm calling you
Father will you come this way
I'm calling you
Come and help us save the day
Chorus
Father I'm calling you
Father will you pass this way
I'm calling you
Come and help us save the day

Bridge
Dem greedy, dem greedy, dem greedy, dem greedy, dem greedy yeah
Help the needy, the needy, the needy, the needy, the needy, I say

Chorus
Father I'm calling you
Father will you pass this way
I'm calling you
Come and help us save the day