First revision
OK so the day after i post the song I am told at school that Ontario has decided every school in the province must go through new drills this year. Internal lockdown incase of intruder (code for "all that stuff happens on the news will probably happen here too") ironic no? we've never ever had to do anything like that. needless to say i was a little frustrated. you guys may have heard about the shooting at Dawson college in Montreal where 19 people were hurt and a woman and the gunman were shot dead. its been crazy up here since that happened. no thanks to the fuckers in T.O. not helping our image much. No offense to US, but i always prided myself as Canada being a much safer place than the states. Now theres a guy shot dead every day in just Southern Ontario. Its not exaggerated either. There really is a new story everyday. I remember in Bowling for Columbine a few years ago when there was that whole part about out slums looked liek decent american neighbourhoods and all that was on CBC was politics and hockey and firefighters rescuing kittys out of trees. so much for that.
ANYWAY
my new version.
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Verses
Does anyone recall, years before the towers would fall?
Kids would walk home alone, nobody use to need a cellphone.
Do you remember when, CNN wasn't so hell bent on
Scaring the shit out of you?
They banned merry go rounds, and had them torn out of the ground.
They said we had to be inside, before the streetlights started to shine.
Strangers became enemies, all thanks to Larry King.
I remember when, there'd be some good news now and then.
Pre-Chorus
But then 20/20 had to warn all the mommy's about
Child rape, and Columbine, rising crime, teen suicide.
I remember when
The schoolyard didn't have a fence
But now all news is bad news.
Chorus
All news is bad news.
Ya now all news is bad news
Bridge
There's a lack of trust in the world today.
There's fear in peoples heads.
A fictional dysfunction,
danger 'round every bend.
Precautionary measures for
situations far fetched.
You worry that they're on their way
just because they're not here yet.
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Sorry about the rant. Comments/arguments/help with the song are all really appreciated.
Adam