(British) Too Many Balloons

Описание: LYRICS:
(VERSE 1)
[First Line]
How many balloons must be released
Before the killings begin to cease?
Our Sisters and Brothers
Laying bleedn, out on the streets

(Verse 1 continued)
[Second Line]
Our neighborhoods, red they’ve become
Stained in blood, from eldest to our young
Lord, can we just take a breath?
And mourn, these senseless deaths

(CHORUS)
I never wanted to write this song
I thought that things would pass
But as the decades moved on
So many children have passed

(Chorus continued)
Too many balloons are released today
We must do more, it’s not enough to pray
We’ve gotta get involved, ‘n get things resolved
Protect our young, from the drugs, knives and guns

(VERSE 2)
[First Line]
How many graves must be dug?
Cuz of some, neighborhood thugs
To our Sisters and Brothers
Can we just love another?

(Verse 2 continued)
[Second Line]
We dare not walk, or even try to talk
Our neighborhoods, are in a state of shock
Can we all just take a break?
Oh lord, it’s still not too late

(BRIDGE)
[1/2 octave higher]
[hand clapping]
Can you hear their voices, feel their last breath
Don’t let our babies lives, be wasted in death
Can you, remember their names?
Please, remember their names

(CHORUS)
[Sing once]

I never wanted to write this song
I thought that things would pass
But as the decades moved on
So many children have passed

[chorus continued]
Too many balloons are released today
We must do more, it’s not enough to pray
We’ve gotta get involved, ‘n get things resolved
Protect our young, from the drugs, knives and guns