How Can I Cry [Official Video] Moira Smiley & VOCO - In Our Voices

How Can I Cry
from In Our Voices (2021)
words and music by Moira Smiley
www.moirasmiley.com
Moira Smiley - soprano
Karla Mundy - soprano
Dawn Pemberton - alto
Jake Asaro - tenor
Gregory Fletcher - bass
Produced by David Weber and Moira Smiley

Video by Small Medium Large Productions, edited by Ben Guzman

Lyrics
I’m walking slowly, taking in a cloudy day.
A river of people passes me and goes away. 
I'm feeling weary, 
I'm feeling like I'm wasting time. 
The trouble in my life just ain't worth a dime. 
 
Sisters and brothers, forgive me for the things I say. 
I'm losing the meaning, I'm losing sense of night and day. 
The sun that I'm seeing is the same around the earth. 
So why is our freedom ruled by our birth? 
 
And how can I cry about freedom 
when I've lived a whole life of liberty?
And how can I sing about suffering and pain? 
I sing for all the souls who do not complain.
 
Tomorrow and justice seem so high and far away, while people are hungry, mistreated each and every day. 
Whatever, oh can I do? I'm standing here on solid ground. 
I sing for the silent people, Lord, hear our sound! 
 
I’m wondering why blues & blacks & grays
are covering my world? 
What is the mystery of the dove
that she stays so long away? 
Why are my sisters singing songs
of their pain so beautifully? 
Why are my brothers crying tears of silence so helplessly?
 
And how can I cry about freedom 
when I've lived a whole life of liberty?
And how can I sing about suffering and pain?
I sing for all the souls who do not complain. 
Who do not complain.