Lyrics

DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Words and music by John M.
c. 1994. SESAC.

They were speaking different languages
Though the words and the letters, were the same
They changed each other’s bandages
But they did not understand each other’s pain
Their hearts were filled with love and compassion
They held each other standing in the rain….
But they were speaking different languages,
They could not unlock each other’s chains

They sat beside the fireplace
And talked until the early mornin’ light
And neither one had ever felt with anyone
The way the felt that night
And they wanted to believe in one another
Oh, but the years of fears don’t vanish, overnight
They were speaking different languages..
They couldn’t get the words to come out right

And they tried so hard
To get inside each other
But it was so hard
Were they too strong or too weak?
And inside they cried,
“If she could only hear me…”
“If he could only speak…”

They were speaking different languages
Thought the words and the letters were the same
They changed each other’s bandages,
But they did not understand each other’s pain
Their hearts were filled with love and compassion
They held each other standing in the rain…
But they were speaking different languages,
They could not unlock each other’s pain.