Pearls

there is a woman in somalia scraping for pearls on the roadside there`s a force stronger than nature keeps her will alive this is how she`s dying she`s dying to survive don`t know what she`s made of i would like to be that brave she cries to the heaven above there is a stone in my heart she lives a life she didn`t choose and it hurts like brand-new shoes hurts like brand-new shoes there is a woman in somalia the sun gives her no mercy the same sky we lay under burns her to the bone long as afternoon shadows it`s gonna take her to get home each grain carefully wrapped up pearls for her little girl hallelujah hallelujah she cries to the heaven above there is a stone in my heart she lives in a world she didn`t choose and it hurts like brand-new shoes hurts like brand-new shoes