Choice Word by Colin Boynton - HTML preview

5. THE GOOD AND THE BAD

PLAYING AS CHILDREN

AT ROBBERS AND COPS

FIGHTING THE BAD

THE GOOD CAME OUT TOPS,

DREAMING OF SOLDIERS

AND GOING TO WAR

WE DREAMED OF THE GLORY

NOT OF THE GORE,

WITH BOWS AND ARROWS

OR GUN IN HAND

WE’D KILL OFF THE BADDIES

THROUGHOUT OUR LAND,

KILLING MEANT NOTHING

AS ONLY BAD DIED

DAY AFTER DAY

THE GOOD MEN SURVIVED,

AS WE GREW UP

WE CHANGED OUR GAMES

DIFFERENT IDEALS

DIFFERENT AIMS,

AND NOW I’M MUCH OLDER

THE KILLING GOES ON

BUT THAT’S NOT MY HAND

THAT’S NOW ON THE GUN,

REALITY NOW IS

ANYONE DIES

THE GOOD OR THE BAD

WOMEN OR GUYS.