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At one time, I taught in an inner city school in Houston. I would see the children come into first grade with eyes bright and wide, and dreams as big as the U.S. of A. But something happened as they grew older. The light slowly died, the dreams slowly faded, as it sunk in, year after year, that this was it. This... hell... that they lived in was all they would ever have, was all they would ever be.

Some broke in despair. Others went into denial. And others... well, they went more than a little bit crazy. I wrote the song "Dead Children" for them, the children for whom the American Dream is just a lie that eats them up inside. Too bad nobody ever listens.

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Dead Children

Dead children dancing in the street
dead children in the night in the heat
dead children don't know what they done
dead children don't know right from wrong

dead children with dead eyes
dead from bullets dead from lies
dead from dreams that done gone and died
when you see'em comin' you better hide

Some are dead of bullets
and some of knives
some are buried
and some are burned alive
some are six feet under
and some don't know they've died
and walk the streets
with death in their eyes

dead children comin' out at night
suckin' life from the town outside
and folks with a sigh just a'shaking their heads
and sayin' ain't it just a shame, then goin' to bed

dead children runnin' the streets at night
dancing in the red moonlight
blood pouring out upon the street
and no one daring to care or weep

Some are dead of bullets
and some of knives
some are buried
and some are burned alive
some are six feet under
and some don't know they've died
and walk the streets
with death in their eyes

Dead children with dead eyes
dead from bullets dead from lies
dead children just a'lookin' for fun
dead children wonderin' what went wrong...

Dead children with no place to go
Dead children with guns and knives
Dead children with no one to love
Dead children just waiting to die....
Dead children just a'wishin' to die...

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