Does Anybody Hear Her

Does Anybody Hear Her 

Casting Crowns

She is running

A hundred miles an hour

In the wrong direction

She is trying

But the canyon is ever widening

In the depths of her cold heart

So she sets out on another misadventure just to find

She's another two years older and she's three more steps behind

Mickey,

who has been on the street

for about four years,

 and others like her,

are doing all they know to do

as they try to survive.

The distance between the path to what will be

and the path to what could have been is widening.

Does anybody hear her?

Can anybody see?

Or does anybody even know she's going down today?

Under the shadow of our steeple

With all the lost and lonely people

Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me

Does anybody hear her?

Can anybody see?

You see a "panhandler."

I've learned to see a person.

They are so physically close

to your church building 

and yet you choose not to see

these lost and lonely people 

who are searching for the same exact hope

as you and me.

She is yearning

For shelter and affection

That she never found at home

She is "so lonely and frightened

and has no boyfriend or husband"

to call her own.

She is searching

For a hero to ride in,

To ride in and save the day

She just wants to be normal

and drug free

and fear free

and loved.

And then walks in her prince charming

And he knows just what to say

A momentary lapse of reason

And she gives herself away

In the world of homeless women on the street,

they bear the extra burden of dealing with men who

want to "help" for their own warped reasons.

If judgment looms under every steeple

If lofty glances from lofty people

Who can't see past her scarlet letter

And we never even met her

Has your “church” become more focused

on hosting Kentucky Derby Parties?

Have you pushed to one side the image

and message of the Victorious Christ in

Exchange for sparkle, glitz and glitter?

Yes?

You will never meet her! 

Does anybody hear her?

Can anybody see?

Or does anybody even know she's going down today?

Under the shadow of our steeple

With all the lost and lonely people

Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me

Songwriters: John Mark Hall

Does Anybody Hear Her lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol Christian Music Group