Andy Hill, Renee Safier and Hard Rain

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Start On Christmas
(Words and Music by Andy Hill & Bob Millea)

There comes a time when you and I must cast aside suspicion
A lonely heart and a hungry mouth don't lie
When the slogans of today become tomorrow's superstition
The rich stay rich and the poor get drunk and both pass the homeless by
Me, I taught myself to turn away, and if you, even once, accepted help along the way
When will you raise your idle hands, and when will I?

Why not start on Christmas?
Why not start on Christmas Day?

Beyond the walls of the shopping malls, in the concrete halls of the prison
From the fear and the echo of the day and the silent night
Rose a prayer that I could hear, though I couldn't bear to listen
It said face the scars that scar the face behind the bars and overcome your fright
The voice was clear but asked of me too much.
But if you take my hand that might just be the crutch love leans on to make gates of iron sway

Why not start on Christmas?
Why not start on Christmas Day?

And so it goes when we reach out, we shape the soul within
A build together, stone by stone, a bridge to love from wherever we have been.

Why not start on Christmas?
Why not start on Christmas Day?