After The Hurt Is Gone

Billy left when he heard the call

He knew it would come some day

Someone's fight he believed to be right

For freedom of lands far away

The battle cry and the beat of the drum

Won the hearts of so many like him

There's no justice when you live by the gun

You can't turn back, there's no turning back

After the hurt is gone

I know I'll never run to the beat of the drum

I know we can't be strong

Until we learn to give, we learn to live, again

All alone as the shadows fall

You've lost all your will to survive

How could so many have been so wrong

Was it the glory or was it the pride

You don't know why you've gone this far

All you know is the fear of the gun

There's only pain when the love is gone

And you know it's wrong, you know it's wrong

After the hurt is gone

I know I'll never run to the beat of the drum

And I know we can't be strong

Until we learn to give, we learn to live, again

As he looked out across the hills

He knew he would never be the same

No battle cry, no beat of the drum

No turning back, no turning back

After the hurt is gone

I know I'll never run to the beat of the drum

I know we can't be strong

Until we learn to give, we learn to live

After the hurt is gone

I know I'll never run to the beat of the drum

I know we can't be strong

Until we learn to live, we learn to give

After the hurt is gone

I know I'll never run to the beat of the drum

I know we can't be strong

Until we learn to give, we learn to live

After the hurt is gone