another star falls
Last night almost lasted forever
The sun nearly never came out at all
When I had the time, I took the time
To watch a star fall
The roar that came up from Cincy
He finally caught the ghost after all these years
The blood that ran in South Africa
Finally turned to tears
In LA, they caught a killer
but let another one off scot-free
The DA made a deal with the jury
murder potpourri
A farmer in Indiana
Holds his head and blames no one
But tomorrow he’ll lose his future
And his children’s dream will be gone
Four billion will go on living
And will forget last night and that they cried
I’m stilled by the way we’ll take on today
After a smile died
A bomb explodes in a West German city
An American dies 10,000 miles from home
A mother dies by bombs in Afghanistan
A baby’s left alone
Hunger’s a plague in East Africa
American poor cry in empty streets
A man tempered by the job hunt
hates everyone he meets
A girl is stolen from a school in Atlanta
A family of five is found dead in their home
The bones of a teenage girl is dug up
Who? We’ll never know
Rain washes clean the streets of your hometown
Morning will be the last summer we will see
I don’t know what I lost when I lost you
I don’t know what September’s taken from me
Four billion will go on living
And will forget last night and how they cried
I’m stilled by the way we’ll take on today
After a smile died
Summer lasted too long
When it was over you were gone
If I take the time to remember you
And the things you said
All the laughter that you tried to cause
And the wanderlust you fed
The throaty laugh and closed-eyed yawn
And the smile you always wore
The eyes that showed you knew the cost
Of what you were fighting for
I swore you’d live forever
Now you’re only gone
And all I have to remember you
Is that stupid love song
It will take awhile to fade your smile
And the things you gave to me
But I will always remember
Your closed-eyed smile in a bed of green
American streets seems contagious
and diseased by the pain of fear
A drunk kills again in Nebraska
Still more of America’s tears
A four year old is taken from mommy
Daddy’s arrested for crimes obscene
A nine year old is hurt again
for some pictures in a magazine
Heroes spent on a cocaine bonanza
Still we gotta believe somehow
A Mideast war rages on
I guess God’s sanctioned murder now
Blacks riot in England’s Birmingham
Two burn trying to hide
BBC’s OK’ed a film on terrorism
While mother’s in Belfast cry
Four billion will go on living
And will forget last night and how they cried
I’m stilled by the way we’ll take on today
After a smile died
September’s taken a thousand lives
A few of those I knew
All the crying that seemed to last forever
...because of you
Last night almost lasted forever
But the sun finally came out on time
And the four billion names you didn’t know
Got on with their lives
It seemed I waited forever
to catch a falling star last night, I tried
I didn’t know that when I caught one
...you died
Last night almost lasted forever
the sun nearly never came out at all
When your smile died so did I
So another star falls
