Too many of our children are dying

Too many of our children are dying

Too many mothers are crying

Because…

Too many of our children are dying

Shot and stabbed and slashed by thugs

Killed in drive-bys over turf and drugs

Victims of guns left lying around

And of dangerous school playgrounds

Mauled by dogs and firebombed in houses

Done in by parents settling grouses

Incinerated while left unsupervised

Buried after taking their own young lives

Cut down by motor vehicles and by pedophiles

It’s a treacherous world out there for today’s child

Too many of our children are dying

Far too many of our children are dying

Too many mothers are crying

Because…

Too many of our children are dying