Lyrics

Things are what they are
they won't be changed
children in the streets
and they're unrestrained

sleeping on the ground
no one takes the blame
A city made of crime
and shame

[bullets flying through the night
faces lit up by their light
somebody's laying on the ground now

Flashing blue and red and white
there will be no peace tonight
in this town]

Mama's dry their eyes
They can't let go
'nother mother's son
sentenced to death row

Watching every night
as the count comes in
wonder if it's her
or him

Put your bets on you not living
if you're not for giving
giving up the things you once believed in

[bullets flying through the night
faces lit up by their light
somebody's crawling on the ground now

Flashing blue and red and white
there will be no peace tonight
in this town]

[[ No more murder
No more loss
Time to change
the city boss

No more rivers
running red
down the street and
around the dead ]]

Pick a side of life
that you'll be on
or pick your favorite end
of the gun

If you pick the side
that the hole is on
you will pick the side
that's no fun

[bullets flying through the night
faces lit up by their light
And their laying on the ground now

Flashing blue and red and white
there will be no peace tonight
in this town]

Flashing blue and red and white
there will be no peace tonight (repeat end)