Pray for Newtown

I was a Junior in high school when I turned the TV on

JamAnnotatees Huberty went to a restaurant, shot everyone up with a machine gun

It was from my hometown

We talked about it til the sun went down

Then everybody got up and stretched and yawned and then our lives went on

And I just left Safeway, when I walked through my doorway

When a guy took a bullet to an island and shot up a bunch of little kids up in Norway

Called a few of my friends round here, but no one much really cared

But I did, because I've got a lot of friends there

I just arrived in Seoul, by way of Beijing

I had an hour to myself in my hotel when I turned on the TV

It was quite a thriller, CNN was recording the bat man killer

His eyes were glazed like he was from Mars

Yesterday he was no one, today he was a star

I was down in New Orleans, at the Hotel Monteleone

Enjoying some time all to myself when I turned the TV on

There were shootings in a Portland mall

It was everyday America and that's all

It was just another one walked down Royal Street

The rest of the world was out having fun

December fourteenth, another killing went down

I got a letter from a fan he said Mark say a prayer for Newtown

I ain't one to pray, but I'm one to sing and play

For women and children and moms and dads and brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts

December twenty-fifth, and I was just laying down

I picked up a pen, I wrote a letter to the guy in Newtown

I said I'm sorry bout the killings, and the teachers who lost their lives

I felt it coming on, I felt it in my bones and I don't know why

So when Christmas comes and you're out running around

Take a moment to pause and think of the kids who died in Newtown

They went so young, who gave their lives

To make us stop and think and try to get it right

Were so young, a cloud so dark over them

And they left home, gave their mom and dad a kiss and a hug

So when your birthday comes and you're feeling pretty good

Baking cakes and opening gifts and stuffing your mouth with food

Take a moment for the children who lost their lives

Think of their families and how they mourn and cry

When you're gonna get married and you're out shopping around

Take a moment to think about the families that lost so much in Newtown