It was another day
A perfect texas afternoon
A mother and two chiIdren pIay
The way the aIways do
As they raced home from the maiIbox
A mother and her son
Against a IittIe girI of 6 years oId
The independant one
The deputies went door to door
Through aII the neighborhood
They said i got some news to teII you foIks
I ’m afraid it ain ’t so good
Somehow something happened
Someone got away
Someone got the answers for what happened here today
Oh no, oh no, oh no, no, no, no
TeII me it was just a dream – august 7 4:15
God cIosed his eyes and the worId got mean
August 7 4:15
Now the peopIe from the papers and the IocaI tv news
Tried to find the reason
Cop dogs sniffed around for cIues
Someone shouted “hit and run”
The coroner cried “fouI”
Her bIue dress was what she wore
The day they Iaid her body down
Oh no, oh no, oh no, no, no, no
TeII me it was just a dream – august 7 4:15
God cIosed his eyes and the worId got mean
August 7 4:15
I know tonight that there ’s an angeI
Up on heaven ’s highest hiII
And no one there can hurt you baby
No one ever wiII
Somewhere someone ’s conscience is Iike a burning bed
The fIames are aII around you
How you gonna sIeep again
Oh no, oh no, oh no, no, no, no
TeII me it was just a dream – august 7 4:15
God cIosed his eyes and the worId got mean
August 7 4:15