Cashier never even saw it coming When he told everyone to hit the floor
He yelled to the clerk, give me the money Then he heard the sirens right outside the door
He can't believe he's let it go this far He remembers a man with a different heart
When life was good and she was there And their little girl in the backyard
With boy in her hair And things were right and love was strong
He had it all in that little neighborhood When life was good
A .45 caliber pistol in his left hand An elderly lady screaming for her life
He tells the cops to back up or he'll kill her As the helicopter circles in the sky
He wipes the beads of sweat off of his face For a moment he goes to another place
When life was good and she was there And their little girl in the backyard
With boy in her hair Oh, that night driving home
That teenage boy behind the wheel Without a sober bone
He had it all When he let her go they all rushed in to take him
That's when he fired the shot that took his life
The six o'clock news told a story With no mention of another place or another time
When life was good and she was there And their little girl in the backyard
With boy in her hair And things were right and love was strong
He had it all in that little neighborhood When life was good
When life was good
When life was good