erasure
hallowed ground
Everybody's intent on killing someone The streets are closed and there's a kid on the run The bullets scream out from gun to gun Everybody's intent on being someone The cold and darkness of a criminal dawn Wrapped in blankets gotta keep ourselves warm A child in the arms of a teenage mum Who will be there, who will be the next victim Of the criminal dawn? Old friends meet on the edge of town Sharing conversation, hoping things will soon get better While the children meet, got the world at their feet Not knowing what's around the corner Are we living for an uncertain future? Down on the corner sits a broken man Lives by the bottle, swears "never again" Lost his money on the dogs and gin Now he looks for his supper in a garbage can The kids hang around by the old schoolground Right by the river where the body was found Throwing stones on hallowed ground Who will be there, who will be the next victim Of the criminal dawn? Old friends meet on the edge of town Sharing conversation, hoping things will soon get better While the children meet, got the world at their feet Not knowing what's around the corner Are we living for an uncertain future? In the cold and darkness of a criminal dawn Wrapped in blankets gotta keep ourselves warm A child in the arms of a teenage mum Who will be there, who will be the last victim Of the criminal dawn? Old friends meet on the edge of town Sharing conversation, hoping things will soon get better While the children meet, got the world at their feet Not knowing what's around the corner Are we living for an uncertain future?.