Kids With Guns lyrics

It's gettin' so it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad

So how do you know which side you should be on?

In 1939, you knew the devil was all you had

And it's never been that easy since he's gone

There's nothin' I can say or do that's not been said or done

So how do I know which way I should proceed?

Paul McCole1 proposed this question in a more commercial song

But John Wayne's not the hero I would need

Kids with guns shootin' down kids

No explanation for what they did

Bombs went down while singin' this song

Nation against nation, well, they all seem wrong

My father used to say we're on a ship that's goin' down

And it wasn't the Titanic that he meant

He also said you keep on bailin' so you never drown

You've got to keep an optimistic bent

Kids with guns shootin' down kids

No explanation for what they did

Bombs went down while singin' this song

Nation against nation, well, they all seem wrong

I promise I will make the effort

As you are my witness, I do pledge

I will get my bucket 

And I'll try to keep the waters down far below the ledge

Yeah, yeah

Kids with guns, they're shootin' down kids

(Shootin' down kids)

No explanation for what they did

Bombs went down while singin' this song

(Singin' this song)

Nation against nation and they all seem wrong

Kids with guns, they're shootin' down, shootin' down

(Shootin' down kids)

No explanation for what they did

Bombs went down while singin' this song

(Singin' this song)

Nation against nation, well, they all seem wrong

Its gettin' so it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad

1. Not sure who she's referring to here, so this may not be the correct spelling or even the right name.