Songwriter: Robert John Lange Shania Twain

[Verse 1]
Hallelujah, hallelujah
God bless the child who suffers
Hallelujah, hallelujah
God bless the young without mothers
This child is homeless
That child's on crack
One plays with a gun
While the other takes a bullet in his back
This boy's a beggar
That girl sells her soul
They both work the same street
The same hell hole
Hallelujah, hallelujah
God bless the child who suffers
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Let every man help his brother
Some are born addicted and some are just thrown away
Some have daddies who make them play games they don't want to play

[Chorus 1]
But there's hope and faith
And we must understand
That all god's children need is love
And us to hold their little hands

[Verse 2]
This boy is hungry, he ain't got enough to eat
That girl's cold and she ain't got no shoes on her feet
When a child's spirit's broken
And feels all hope is gone
God help them find the strength to carry on

[Chorus 2]
'Cos with a little hope and faith
Yeah, we can understand
That all god's children need is love
And us to hold their little hands

[Outro]
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Let us all love one another
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Make all our hearts blind to color
Hallelujah, hallelujah
God bless the child who suffers

Shania Twain

Sometimes referred to as the “queen of country pop,” Shania Twain is the best selling female artist in the history of country music, having sold 85 million+ records. She is the first and only female music artist to have three albums in a row certified Diamond by the RIAA.

Shania Twain retired from performing in 2009, citing a weakening singing voice, later consulting specialists who diagnosed her with dysphonia, likely a result of lyme disease. She returned to the stage in her show Still the One in 2012, and begun touring again in 2015.

In October 2016 she told Rolling Stone she had new music coming “really soon” which followed her plans to release her fifth studio album when she was 50.