This Bitter Earth

This bitter earth

What fruit it bears

Oh, what good is love

When no one cares?

If my life is like the dust

That hides the glow of a rose

What good am I?

Heaven only knows

Oh, this bitter earth

It can be so cold

Today we're young

Too soon, too soon we're old

But while a voice within me cries

I hope someone will answer my call

Then this bitter earth

May not be so bitter, so bitter after all

Oh, Lord, this bitter earth

It can be so cold

Today we're young

And all too soon we're old

But while a voice within me cries

I hope someone will answer my call

Then this bitter earth

Lord, won't be so bitter after all

Oh, then this bitter earth

May not be so bitter after all