Saturday, June 07, 2008
STOP BEFORE IT STARTS
V1
JOHNNY JUST WANTED TO FIT IN
HE TRIED TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL
HE TRIED OUT FOR THE SOCCER TEAM
HE TRIED TO ACT REAL COOL.
BUT THE BULLIES THERE
THEY TEASED HIM
AND CALLED HIM NASTY NAMES.
TOLD HIM HE WAS A LOSER
AND COULD NOT JOIN IN
ANY OF THEIR GAMES.
HE TRIED TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL
HE TRIED OUT FOR THE SOCCER TEAM
HE TRIED TO ACT REAL COOL.
BUT THE BULLIES THERE
THEY TEASED HIM
AND CALLED HIM NASTY NAMES.
TOLD HIM HE WAS A LOSER
AND COULD NOT JOIN IN
ANY OF THEIR GAMES.
V2:
SENIOR HIGH WAS NOT MUCH BETTER
EV ERYTHING REMAINED THE SAME
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A FEW YEARS OLDER
THEY STILL CALLED HIM THOSE SAME NAMES
EV ERYTHING REMAINED THE SAME
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A FEW YEARS OLDER
THEY STILL CALLED HIM THOSE SAME NAMES
HIS HEART AND SOUL WAS SHATTERED
HIS GRADES SLOWLY SLIPPED AWAY
HIS GRADES SLOWLY SLIPPED AWAY
HE SAID SILENTLY
ONE DAY I'M GONNA GET YOU
AND YOU'LL "LIVE" TO REGRET THIS DAY
ONE DAY I'M GONNA GET YOU
AND YOU'LL "LIVE" TO REGRET THIS DAY
NOW HIGH SCHOOL CAME
HE PLAYED THAT SAME GAME
WITH THOSE FOLKS WHO THOUGHT
THEY WERE COOL
BUT IT WAS TOO LATE
TO SAVE HIM FOR WHAT HE'D BEEN
THROUGH WAS SO CRUEL.
BRIDGE
HE BROUGHT IN AN
AK 47
ONE LATE SPRING DAY
GRADUATION WAS ALMOST THERE
BUT HE THREW IT ALL AWAY
HE WENT AFTER THOSE GUYS WHO
TEASED HIM
AND SOME OF THE GIRLS TOO
AND NOW THIRTY YEARS LATER HE'S SERVING
LIFE FOR 402.
CHORUS:
SO BEFORE
YOU TEASE HIM
THINK ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF THAT
YOUNG MAN
SHAKE HIS HAND
YOU COULD BE STOPPING A VICIOUS CYCLE
FROM RAGING OUT OF CONTROL
YOU COULD BE SAVING LIVES
PERHAPS EVEN YOUR OWN
AND INSTEAD OF EVERYONE
SAYIN' THAT REMARK
THINK BEFORE YOU ACT
LOOK INSIDE YOUR HEART AND HOLD
OUT YOUR HAND
STOP IT BEFORE IT STARTS
# posted by yaguara2003 @ 9:31 AM 
