Church Of Rhythm - Common People lyrics

I see a blind man on the street He doesn't know what I look like So he can't judge the man I am Except by what he sees inside I see a child on the street He doesn't know the mistakes I made I know he takes me where I am He sees a friend not a crusade Lord help me live like this Lord help me love like this We are a common people, each of us a fallen man Let's find that common ground And stop drawing lines in the sand We are a common people, living in a common life There are ties that bind us all When we look beyond the lines Common people, you and I I see a brother o the other side Of my crusade, my holy fight I think I know where I went wrong When I gave up love to be proved right I saw a man die on a cross He forgot the mistakes I made He died for me the way I was And He wants me to love the same Can't we tear the fences down Can't we rip the labels off Can we share the common ground Instead of judging what is not Can't we love instead of hate Can't we trust instead of fear Can we stop fighting for a moment And feel our common tears Is it us against them, wrong against right, Black against white, my kind your kind There comes a time to put the argument down And have a party on the common ground