Lyrics
[Verse 1] Dear dealer
Pull the plastic back
See the heavy price of every little sack
You stack
Paper high but the spirits low
I wonder if you knew where the product go
Would you stop
Would you turn it round
Before another person goes under ground
Follow the trail
Of the crumpled bills
Past the broken glass on the windowsills
Past the child
Hiding under sheets
Listening to the parents screaming in the streets
She’s hungry
Lunch box empty at the school
Because you played her daddy for a fool
[Chorus] If you could see the cost
If you could see the lost
Would you wash your hands of the trade
Of the misery that you made
Would you stop
Dealer would you stop
Dealer would you stop
[Post-Chorus] Oh Lord help the weak
Help the ones who cannot speak
Give them hope
Give them hope
Give them hope
[Verse 2] Look at the mother
Who raised a son so clean
Now she watches him turn into a fiend
So lean
Bones poking through his skin
Fighting a war he can never win
See the father
A protector and a king
Watching his daughter lose everything
His princess
Now she sells her soul
Trading her body just to pay your toll
She’s broken
Crying on a strangers floor
While you’re counting up and asking for more
The strong man
He’s weeping in his hands
Watching the ruin of his family plans
[Chorus] If you could see the cost
If you could see the lost
Would you wash your hands of the trade
Of the misery that you made
Would you stop
Dealer would you stop
Dealer would you stop
[Verse 3] The young man
He had a job and pride
Now he’s got a ghost living deep inside
He lied
Sold his TV and his bed
Voices of the craving screaming in his head
He’s creeping
Through the window in the night
Giving an old lady a permanent fright
He’s stealing
Taking what he can
All to put the silver in your open hand
The depression
The heartache and the pain
The hopelessness falling like the rain
The fear
The lives that you destroy
Is it worth the money that you enjoy
[Chorus] If you could see the cost
If you could see the lost
Would you wash your hands of the trade
Of the misery that you made
Would you stop
Dealer would you stop
Dealer would you stop
[Bridge] All the heartache
All the hopelessness
All the fear
Is it clear
Do you hear the sirens
Do you hear the prayers
Do you see the people falling down the stairs
Of addiction
Stop the friction
Change the mission
[Outro] Lord reach the ones who need you now
Show the dealer how to take a bow
Give us hope
Give us love
Give us change
Before the soul is out of range
Dealer would you stop
Just stop
Stop