Mother, listen to my heart Mother, listen to my heart Just as one beat ends another starts You can hear no matter where you are Sister, hide our love away From the evil we both know It can see you through these dark days Though they seem to darken as I go Our love will see us through these dark, dark days Sister, 'til it lights the way back home Sister, hide our love away It can turn the whole world upside down Shake it 'til the sky falls to the ground We don't have to reap the fear they sow Friends, as long as we hide our love away In the good they'll never know It can see us through these dark days Though they seem to darken as I go Our love will see us through these dark, dark days Sister, 'til it lights the way back home Sister, hide our love away Mother, listen to my heart Just as one beat ends another starts You can hear no matter where you are