Another day under the burning sun Waiting for the rain that never comes Waiting for the king to do something But for his majesty our lives don't mean a thing
Another day under the burning sun Some stranger passing by our town Said before tomorrow he'll be gone Asked if he could rest at the house
He told me I got hands of a writer Fragile hands that can change the world That I got eyes, and the will of a fighter That I should be free and speak the word
So out of love and maybe some despair I painted my nails and I braided my hair Bought me some ink and got me some paper And I wrote down a fifty-page long letter
He told me I got hands of a writer Fragile hands that can change the world That I got eyes, and the will of a fighter That I should be free and speak the word
Days later, gunshots were fired Have we been heard, was it the riot? Ran out the door and ran into the prophet He said the king wrote down my name on a bullet
He told me I got hands of a writer Fragile hands that can change the world That I got eyes, and the will of a fighter That I should be free and speak the word