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DEATH OF AN INNOCENT
I WENT TO A
PARTY, MAMA
I REMEMBERED
WHAT YOU SAID
YOU TOLD ME NOT
TO DRINK, MAMA
SO I DRANK SODA
INSTEAD.
I REALY FELT
PROUD INSIDE, MAMA
THE WAY YOU SAID
I WOULD.
I DIDN'E DRINK
AND DRIVE, MAMA
EVEN THOUGH THE
OTHERS SAID I SHOULD.
I KNOW I DID THE
RIGHT THING, MAMA
I KNOW YOU ARE
ALWAYS RIGHT.
NOW THE PARTY IS
FINALY ENDING, MAMA
AS EVERYONE IS
DRIVING OUT OF SIGHT
AS I GOT IN TO
MY CAR, MAMA
I KNEW I'D GET
HOME IN ONE PIECE
BECAUSE OF THE
WAY YOU RAISED ME
SO RESPONSIBLE
AND SWEET.
I STARTED TO
DRIVE AWAY, MAMA
BUT AS I PULLED
OUT INTO THE ROAD
THE OTHER CAR
DIDN'T SEE ME, MAMA
AND HIT ME LIKE
A LOAD.
AS LAY THERE ON
THE PAVEMENT, MAMA
I HEAR THE
POLICEMAN SAY
"THE OTHER
GUY IS DRUNK", MAMA
AND NOW I'M THE
ONE WHO WILL PAY.
I'M LYING HERE
DYING, MAMA
I WISH YOU WILL
GET HERE SOON.
HOW COULD THIS
HAPPEN TO ME, MAMA
MY LIFE JUST
BURST JUST LIKE A BALLOON.
THERE IS BLOOD
ALL AROUND ME, MAMA
AND MOST OF IT
IS MINE.
I HERE THE MEDIC
SAY, MAMA
I'LL DIE IN A
SHORT TIME.
-
Leo Kalum Fernando -
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