Hey! Hey! Hey!
She was just walking down the street,
and they come blasting, chased by the heat.
The kid is playing outside while he is asleep,
and now one is lost with memories left to keep.
And some days I can’t even watch the news.
It’s killing me to see the good guys lose.
‘Cause guns are not the things of play.
This weapon claims lives and refuses to go away.
Hey! Hey! Hey!
There’s an old place called Jillain’s that calls me back
House of Dead and Time Crisis puts me on the attack
Soon I will be blasting them down one by one
I was used to playing this when I was young
And I knew then that this was just a game.
Some days I don’t know if people are wrong or right
Their mind is tricking them, their reality threatening to hold on tight
‘Cause guns are not the things of play.
This weapon claims lives and refuses to go away.
Hey!
Don’t listen to what the media has to say.
Hey!
Talk to the real people of today.
Hey!
‘Cause guns are not the things of play.
This weapon claims lives and refuses to go away.
Hey!
Hey!
They’re gone, gone far away
We watched them disappear
All that’s left is the ghost of them
Now, lives are torn, torn so apart
There’s nothing that we can do
Just tell the stories of a world gone mad
Now, wait, wait for hope
Please don’t fear
For the lost is not really gone and close to here.
Hey!
Don’t listen to what the media has to say.
Hey!
Talk to the real people of today.
Hey!
‘Cause guns are not the things of play.
This weapon claims lives and refuses to go away.
Hey!
Don’t listen to what the media has to say.
Hey!
Talk to the real people of today.
Hey!
‘Cause guns are not the things of play.
This weapon claims lives and refuses to go away.
‘Cause guns are not the things of play.
This weapon claims lives and refuses to go away.
‘Cause guns are not the things of play.
This weapon claims lives and refuses to go away.
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Melissa R. Mendelson is a published short story author and a self-published poet, whose work has been featured in The Outreach for Breast Health Foundation’s Anthology: Beyond Memories, Names in a Jar: A Collection of Poetry by 100 Contemporary American Poets, and Espresso Fiction: A Collection of Flash Fiction for the Average Joe.
