Shooter Took A Gun

Rewrite of Aerosmith's Janie's Got A Gun

Sadly inspired by tragic recent events

Dum, dum, dum
Oh my God what has your son done
Dum, dum, dum
The last thing innocent ears heard
Was the sound of a gun
Dum, dum, dum
Oh my God what has your boy done
Dum, dum, dum
Last thing innocent ears heard
Was that awful sound

Shooter took a gun
Shooter took a gun
Someone must be to blame
For sanity come undone
Too little, too late
Too bad you did't abort your son
Look what you made him do
Growing up
What the hell did you put him through
For his terrible crime
You should all be arrested
Run underneath an oncoming train
Made to feel our unending pain
Man, none of those kids had it comin'
God damn shooter took a gun
Now our town ain't never gonna be the same

Shooter took a gun
Shooter took a gun
Now your livin' Hells only just begun
Everyone here you've brought to ruin
No, it ain't untrue
You're at fault here too
For the death of every little bitty baby
Did't raise him right
Must be why he went insane
No psycho spell he was under
Just the blame of a mother and a father
Never around enough
To try and understand his pain
And so maddness he let reign

No, you can't run away
Run away
Want you to feel our same pain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
No, you can't run away
Run away
Want you to feel our same pain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't run, run, run away, run away

Shooter took a gun
Shooter took a gun
If only you'd been there
Just a little bit more
This nightmare would never have begun
What the hell did you to
To you
Was this his final defiant I.O.U.
He took our babies down so easy
Bet it did't even make him feel quesy
To put a bullet
In each little brain
Yeah, you better believe me
Your whole family is sleeze
The very reason our shattered lives are never gonna be the same

No, you can't run away
Run away
Want you to feel our same pain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
No, you can't run away
Run away
Want you to feel our same pain
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't run, run, run away, run away

Shooter took a gun
Shooter took a gun
Shooter took a gun
Shooter took a gun
Now every last innocent life
Lays in ruin

Shooter took a gun
Your own blame
This nightmare ever begun
Now every last innocent life
Is buried in ruin
Because shooter took a gun
Shooter took a gun
All your fault the horror he begun
Now every last innocent life
Lays 6 feet under
Covered in ruin
Cause shooter took a gun

2012 Ramona Thompson

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