Johnny the ball player
Billy the kid
Suzy the busy body
Is best friends with Liz
John is a lawyer
William's a father
Susan's divorced
She feels like God forgot her
Where are her friends now
Elizabeth can't be bothered
She's dying alone
Government cannon fodder
Days long forgotten
Of a sunrise without pain
Hope lies in youth
Hate lives in age
Why can’t we all share
Like Mother once taught us
Why do we die
For the money, more dollars
If we could see ourselves now
Through the eyes of our past
We would cry two tears
For the loss of the first
And the birth of the last
May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 at 11:12 PM UTC
Johnny the ball player
Billy the kid
Suzy the busy body
Is best friends with Liz
John is a lawyer
William's a father
Susan's divorced
She feels like God forgot her
Where are her friends now
Elizabeth can't be bothered
She's dying alone
Government cannon fodder
Days long forgotten
Of a sunrise without pain
Hope lies in youth
Hate lives in age
Why can’t we all share
Like Mother once taught us
Why do we die
For the money, more dollars
If we could see ourselves now
Through the eyes of our past
We would cry two tears
For the loss of the first
And the birth of the last
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