Somebody Shot Me

Somebody Shot Me

Verse 1

The price of all this freedom

Is much higher expected

I was thinking of leaving

For the south coast of France

Until I discovered

Verse 2

All the traffic lights are blinking

Red and yellow

For the doctor and the ambulance

My legs are like Jello

As I stumble through the victims

I am almost in a trance

Bridge

What’s it going to take

Am I changing how you feel

Is the imitation fake

Or is it more real

Than an original

Chorus

Am I invisible

Is it something

You don’t want me to see

That I am not seeing

I thought I’d mention

In passing

That the innocent

And the bystanders

Are paying the price

For your rights

Without having a chance

To defend

Their way of life

I just want you to know

Somebody shot me

Verse 3

I was thinking of living

So that I could tell a tale

As tall as a building

As big as a whale

It’s not like anyone

Will be listening

Verse 4

The bumper sticker says

There’s a baby on board

And a preacher in Nebraska

Thinks that the lord

Gave him preferential treatment

Because his rifle was loaded

M8

And that he would be forgiven

For killing

The boy with the gun

Who was more evil

Than the people

Making up stuff

Making general assumptions

About what people

They were thinking

A few hundred

Years ago

I imagine

They envisioned

At least 100 rounds

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