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So another gun goes off -

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Two kids in a stolen car -

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A young man screams in the dead of the night -

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A family mourns by an early graveside -

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You hear the cries of the different sides

The bullet hits again

Take a look in anybody's eyes

Our tears are all the same

Our tears are all the same

No shattering explosion is

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A man or a woman's final words

Are more than background noise

The sound of somebody's breaking bones -

More than background noise

A mother's graceful words of mercy -

More than background noise

What the hell do I know -

Crying out for love

What the hell can I do -

Crying out for love

When every single child needs

To hear the voice of love

We all need a new speech -

The words of love