uncle sam taught him to shoot
maybe a little too well
finger on the trigger loaded bullet
he hit the stage so full of rage
and let the whole world know it
six feet away they heard him say
oh god don't let him pull it
please god don't let him pull it
how could you put us through it
yes brother watched you do it
how could you take your life away
what made you think you had the right
how could you be so full of hate
to take away somebody's life
and then i heard you let them die
and made the world i wonder why
i sat at home and on my own
i cried alone and scratched your
name on the side of a bullet
and in the wake of his mistake
so many lives are broken
gone forever from a loaded bullet
and no excuse that you could use
could pull somebody through it
and through this day so many say
god why'd you let him do it
how could you let him do it
how could you put us through it
his brother watched you do it
how could you take your life away
how could you take your life away
how could you be so full of hate
to take away somebody's life
and when i heard you let them die
and made the world i wonder why
i sat at home and on my own
i cried alone and scratched your
name on the side of a bullet
how could you take your life away
what made you think you had the right
how could you be so full of hate
to take away somebody's life
and then i heard you let 'em die
and made the world i wonder why
i sat at home and on my own
i cried alone
and scratched your name on the side of a bullet
on the side of a bullet
on the side of a bullet
on the side of a bullet