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Chapter 4 ~ Bonus Song TEARDROPS OF BLOOD [ song will load and play automatically ]   Leroy lives in a cardboard box     Down by the mission bell     Where saints refuse to go     And the sinners wish him well     Forced to carry his own cross     While we drive nails in his coffin     You might say it is routine     It happens far to often     A decorated soldier     Veteran of the war     Who would've thought that he would be     Among the sick and poor?     The preacher-man wags his head     While the rich man turns away     His mother looks on weeping     Teardrops of blood are falling     Jesus sang a Samaritan song   Down by the mission bell   Where saints refused to go   And the sinners wished him well   Forced to carry his own cross   While we drove nails in his coffin   You might say it was routine   It happened far to often   A decorated soldier   Veteran of the war   Who would've thought that he would be   Among the sick and poor?   The preacher-man wagged his head   While the rich man turned away   His mother looked on weeping   Teardrops of blood were falling   Leroy lives in a cardboard box   Down by the mission bell   Where saints refuse to go   And the sinners wish him well   Seems no one down here gives a damn   Though the stone's been rolled away   Our father looks on weeping   Teardrops of blood are falling NOTES: 1. Inspired by "Tramp On The Street" by Grady & Hazel Cole and "Greenwood" by Peter Yarrow, as performed by Peter, Paul & Mary. 2. "Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy." --Ezekiel 16:49 3. According to Jesus, God will judge the United States and all other nations by how they treat the sick and poor Matthew 25:31-46. 4. HOMELESS STATISTICS AND INFORMATION.
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