Trouble in
little town
People all gathered round
Abandoned bag on the step
This is what happened next
I was only trying to hear
What the teacher said
Then I heard a gunshot ringing in my head
Can see us on the evening news
There's 23 dead
In two by twos with our shirts stained red
We walk these streets of heaven
We walk these streets of heaven
now.
It's hard to get through the days,
knowing they're miles away,
knowing what could have been.
I look on down and I see
My brother on the stand,
trying to make a case
My mother in the hallway,
with tears upon her face
The lawyers say these cruel machines,
they keep us safe
But you and me,
we know the price to pay
We walk these streets of heaven
We walk these streets of heaven
Another shot,
a wasted life
Another friend to walk beside
I know it hurts,
but why you rise and
I sing it till the old men cry,
it's just the way it is
I don't know why,
it's just the way it is
I don't know why,
it's just the way it is
I don't know why,
but just a bunch of kids
We still have to die as we walk these streets of heaven
As we walk these streets of heaven As we walk these streets of heaven
We walk these streets of heaven now