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Dark night broken lights: R4 U6 r9 D6 @* Y" N- y: P
A boy on the corner with his hands held high2 R, Q! ?" C. q7 k5 J. k0 A
He sees a gun sees an eye 6 `7 J* }/ y5 V, fBut he'd rather get shot than give it up " g- U6 a9 N) E 9 m9 ?9 X4 E, S. {8 C+ }3 I( `' A2 fWorks for a violent man $ }* H7 y# I) G1 q$ _7 P5 ~# GWho expects to get money when he sees him again8 f/ G* J0 a I3 e' w
And if he doesn't die on the corner tonight ; b5 s! l: z% ^" |It won't take too long to catch him) U1 M4 C1 V! I, A0 w
# X) x7 P$ `( {' R7 A d. |Children throw their lives away yeah4 H- i% [6 c' U4 A Z( M1 E) D
A little more dying every day 1 l" k; ~4 W) w3 B/ \! S. A. G j" F8 v9 K
Little young man he ain't got a lot7 P: u3 y8 m8 r/ Y2 h( I
But he'd sell his whole world just to get what you've got+ _8 _6 G- ^7 C* C3 a/ O- I
He's not even sure if his body's hooked b8 J0 n) H: Q; K8 ]8 r- O3 LBut if he gets a little higher he could fly away % u/ |( D K; N4 @% p/ r& [/ Q; [2 D5 x M+ Q
Little young lady watch her children play. q. P! T% S! m& P) n( g& E6 W3 j
There's two outside and one on the way% w! e: A- O% O$ b, d) z
She hasn't seen her man in a thousand days - i) C5 M% d; I- ?' u( LSince the police came around and took him away7 l1 e0 p( R" T* h, ]; {0 V
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Children throw their lives away8 M& w& D( f9 I8 U
A little more dying every day ! g* y: t2 \' H1 N : B; V/ s7 W4 O" JChildren throw their lives away& ?3 ~0 D* I/ b7 t7 i0 j+ ?- i" J B
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A little more dying every day ! L& u- z/ A/ q3 |3 _/ [ 2 l; G }* P- `0 M! KSirens scream through the empty streets' C2 N) q6 @5 k3 M0 E$ I: P
Headed to the scene of another mistake " [! M4 f% v/ q) s9 N0 cOne man hanging on the edge of life* f- [4 d' m5 B' I; B4 k, v
The other one thrown in a bag! B( k& e* u( W/ h; F( J5 t
7 d0 y _& |1 {( D" V; ~2 pThe children watch the children think : v6 J, |$ u1 a2 B+ y4 O/ VThat the bottom line is that nothing's free & ^0 y$ B0 C4 jBut it doesn't take much to end a life c& K1 V7 h/ `0 i; q ?- [; k" zWhen the thoughts stop coming out straight A: V! e# l& M $ b& u* o5 w; T+ lChildren throw their lives away9 Q# P, c" w. X6 B) {- u; u: l
A little more every day