OKLAHOMA CRYS

WE WATCH THE FACE OF CHILDREN
AS A NEWS REPORT WOULD SAY,
OKLAHOMAN'S FILLED WITH FRIGHT
WILL BE ON THEIR KNEES TONIGHT.

NO NOT A TEAR
JUST A SOLEMN LOOK OF FEAR,
ON THAT PRECIOUS LITTLE FACE
OF SOMEONE'S LOVED ONE
WHO WAS ONCE SO DEAR.

NOT ONLY THE HEARTS
OF OKLAHOMA WOULD CRY THIS NIGHT,
BUT A WORLD OF LOVING PEOPLE
NOW ANGERED AT THIS SITE.

OKLAHOMA CRYS
AS THEY WATCH THEIR CHILDREN DIE,
MY JESUS REACHES DOWN
AND TAKES THEM IN THE SKY.

I HEAR THE MOTHERS CRYING
FATHERS, BROTHERS, SISTERS TOO,
WHERE MUSIC ONCE HAD FILLED THE AIR
HAS NOW BECOME DESPAIR.

OKLAHOMA WE CRY TO JESUS
AS WE KNEEL DOWN BY OUR BEDS,
PLEASE HEAL THEIR PAIN
AND LET THE SUN SHINE ONCE AGAIN.


BETTY BOWMAN THOMAS
5-19-1995