The American Way (Bang! Bang! Bang!)

from Endless Bummer by Smokeshow

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Sat down to write me a love song
About my baby so soft and sweet
When I looked at the news
Saw the headlines, got the blues
I was sad not surprised to read

That it went
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Up in Buffalo
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Out in Sacramento too
Bang! Bang! Bang!
To the kids down in Uvalde
So what is there to say
About the state of things today
I guess it's just the American way

Now don't you worry your head pretty darling
Because there's good guys with guns out too
So next time you're at the mall
Could be a shootout there for all you know
The next time it could be you
Or me or us or them

Bang! Bang! Bang!
Find the exit
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Find a decent place to hide
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Hope he doesn't see you get away
What is there to say
You better toughen up snowflake
Because that's just the American way

It's just a bad apple in the pie
It's just a lone wolf crying at night
It's just a batch of bad apples
Just a pack of lone wolves
Independently committing the same crime
Again and again and again and again
And they're always men

Now I know what you're thinking my darling
There's gotta be something we can do
Like a test or a check to make sure
Bad guys can't get weapons
No I've got something better for you
You're so cute

It's thoughts and prayer
For your loved ones
Thoughts and prayers
For the people you don't know
Thoughts and prayers
For every citizen today
Who's got to live out their days
Duck and cover in the amber grains
All thanks to the USA and the NRA
Bang bang bang bang in the USA

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from Endless Bummer, released November 7, 2023

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