G-D Don't Have To Teach You This Way

Hey my brother,
though we have but one mother
We're standing on
different ends of the world
We've got some sad news,
we've got some bad blues
Like a flag of darkness' been unfurled
I've got a question,
you've got a lesson
Ain't there one word
that I can say
Well I'm screaming to the skies,
I'm cryin' out my eyes
Singing G-d don't have to teach you
this way

Hey my brother,
think I've finally discovered
That some things just can't be understood
And so hard as we try,
we can only rely
on the fact that everything is for the good
Well listen to me now
though I don't pretend to know just how
I'm gonna leave these flesh and bones and start to pray
Well I'm screaming to the one,
I'm pleading for your son
Singing G-d don't have to teach you
this way

Though our faith is still together,
it's too large a price to pay
I see you reach for reasons why
I see you break down and cry
G-d don't have to teach you this way

Hey my brother,
we've come from just one mother
We share the blood of ages past
Don't you know that I am near you,
Don't you know that I can hear you
And the bond forged between us
is made to last
Though this world may seem bitter-cold,
it don't stay that way I'm told
For the sun is gonna shine on us one day
But I scream until I shake,
sayin' there must be some mistake
But G-d don't have to teach you this way...