Innocence Is Crying

They were just children They were just children Skipping on the sidewalk No care for the cold talk The world was their canvas Painted with light But blood shed was lurking Hidden in plain sight How many more names Must we carve in the stone? How many more tears Must we cry alone? Teddy bears and candles Line the broken street Names whispered softly Where they used to meet Innocence is crying In the streets tonight Another soul is flying Into the fading light Dreams are shattered Broken by the fight When innocence is lost Who'll make it right? Dreams are shattered Broken by the fight When innocence is lost Who'll make it right? A bullet doesn't care Who it's meant to find It tears through the quiet It shatters the kind A game they call power A war they can't win It's the innocent hearts Who pay for their sins Aah Hmmm Aah Hmmm How many more names Must we carve in the stone? How many more tears Must we cry alone? Teddy bears and candles Line the broken street Names whispered softly Where they used to meet Innocence is crying In the streets tonight Another soul is flying Into the fading light Dreams are shattered Broken by the fight When innocence is lost Who'll make it right? Dreams are shattered Broken by the fight When innocence is lost Who'll make it right? Oh my Oh Lord Oh my Why? They were just children Children Aah