“If we see cruelty, or wrongdoing, or suffering,
That we have the power to stop, and we do nothing,
We make ourselves complicit in the crime.”
Anna Sewel
Music: God Help The Outcasts
He is breaking our hearts
This Shadow in the night
Abandoned and abused
Now consumed with fright
He has now become even more terrified
Now, that animal control, is pursuing him
Many people have cursed his very presence
But we cannot let their abysmal cruelty, win
Sadly, some of these haters, have dogs themselves
They have all chased this outcast, out of their yards
“We don’t want that mangy mutt hanging around here!”
The outcast haters today, make rescuing them, very hard
Someone even called the police on us
As we huddled in the dark, with our traps
But this has been happening more frequently
On outcasts and advocates, they now launch attacks
So, we have now enlisted the assistance
Of several volunteers in his neighborhood
We convinced them that helping is not hard
‘Doing Something’ today, can promote good
I cannot even count the number of outcasts right now
And they are so sadly increasing, all across our nation
I know that we cannot possibly help every one of them
But assisting this one, will now give many more, elation
If we can finally rescue him from the mean city streets
We now have several kind souls offering to pay his vet bills
And several more, have now offered to provide him a home
I pray that he’ll allow us to help him - tonight, he’s out there still
©April 2012, Mr. Ed
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