Ode to Teenage Suicide

Even though the government I bitch to
I anger, depress, and manage to confuse you
But government, I'm sorry, you just have me worried
The news that I speak of will always be hurried
Kids are waving automatics like nutters
Dead bodies just hanging around in the gutters
It's making everyone else sick to the bone
When teenagers think they're cold and alone
When really they're not, they just want a word
But when they speak, you turn, therefore they're unheard


Guns are now a girl's best friend
Fuck diamonds, and cash, and cheap lazy men
Guys wielding weapons are thinking they're best
Yet death is the concept we all must digest
When the guy with the gun aims it to his head
It only takes a tug, and damn it, he's dead


Is it really so hard for you to accept
That the boy you saw on the street was upset
His father and mother left him alone
He's stuck with new parents in a foster home
But you didn't know what was on his mind
As he slinks into drugstores with his future in a grind


All I ask is you keep us kids protected
Give us something to wish for when our dreams are rejected
And give us a word, or drop us a line
Leave Iraq alone, and give us some time
There are worse things than war in the midst
For your nation's future lies within us kids
I'll stop it right there before I get carried away
I'll save that further topic for another day


But heed my words and dare not forget them
Don't ignore this message and corrupt my momentum
The subject will haunt you until you advance
Please just give us and our wishes a chance