The Broken

English translation

There's a man on the street I see every morning.

He plays guitar in a heart, he's got a story. He didn't get here from a bottle or a bad drug.

He lost his job and his wife in the same month.

And that girl behind the counter who's messing up your order, she heard her husband was running 'round on her.

Left her with the kids and the bills and the rent.

Now she's serving blue plates and working double shifts, yeah.

Give a break, give a break to the broken.

Don't know where they've been.

No way of knowing how much they're hurting through the hell they're going. So give a break, give a break to the broken.

There's a family on their knees down here in Memphis. The girl's been in and out of hospital treatments.

They might be late for work or run a red light, but to say the least, they got something else on their mind.

And there's a soldier can't be older than twenty-three, trying to fit in again from the Middle East. Nightmares come when he hits the sack.

He might be home, but he ain't all the way back.

Give a break, give a break to the broken. Don't know where they've been.

No way of knowing how much they're hurting through the hell they're going.

So give a break, give a break to the broken.

If you ain't going through something now, then consider yourself blessed.

But on the day you do, man, I hope you pray something like this.

I pray something like this.

Give a break, give a break to the broken. Don't know where I've been.

No way of knowing how much I'm hurting through the hell I'm going.

So give a break, give a break to the broken. He knows your heart, He knows your fears, He knows your mind,

He dries your tears, He knows your weakness, knows your strengths, heals your guilt, feels your pain.

He loves you more than anything.

He gives a break, gives a break to the broken.

He gives a break, gives a break to the broken.

Give a break, give a break to the broken.

So give a break, give a break to the broken.