Pray For Newtown-Sun Kil Moon

[ti:Pray For Newtown] [ar:Sun Kil Moon] [al:Benji] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pray For Newtown - Sun Kil Moon [00:06.62]I was a Junior in high school [00:09.81]When I turned the TV on [00:12.52]James Huberty went to a restaurant [00:15.47]Shot everyone up with a machine gun [00:18.80]It was from my hometown [00:21.34]We talked about it til the sun went down [00:24.46]Then everybody got up and stretched [00:27.12]And yawned and then our lives went on [00:30.59]And I just left Safeway [00:33.62]When I walked through my doorway [00:36.45]When a guy took a bullet to an island [00:39.56]And shot up a bunch of little kids up in Norway [00:42.17]Called a few of my friends round here [00:45.05]But no one much really cared [00:48.44]But I did because I've got a lot of friends there [00:55.11]I just arrived in Seoul [00:58.01]By way of Beijing [01:00.68]I had an hour to myself in my hotel [01:03.27]When I turned on the TV [01:06.87]It was quite a thriller [01:08.78]CNN was recording the bat man killer [01:12.61]His eyes were glazed like he was from Mars [01:16.27]Yesterday he was no one [01:17.74]Today he was a star [01:19.32]I was down in New Orleans [01:21.12]At the model o [01:25.15]Enjoying some time all to myself [01:27.96]When I turned the TV on [01:31.29]There were shootings in a Portland mall [01:33.98]It was everyday America and that's all [01:37.31]It was just another one walked down Royal Street [01:40.55]The rest of the world was out having fun [01:43.35]December fourteenth [01:44.41] [01:46.04]Another killing went down [01:48.79]I got a letter from a fan he said [01:51.58]Mark say a prayer for Newtown [01:55.10]I ain't one to pray [01:57.75]But I'm one to sing [02:00.33]And play for women and children [02:02.99]And moms and dads and brothers [02:04.90]And sisters and uncles and aunts [02:07.40]December twenty-fifth [02:10.09]And I was just laying down [02:12.90]I picked up a pen [02:14.90]I wrote a letter to the guy in Newtown [02:19.27]I said I'm sorry bout the killings [02:22.10]And the teachers who lost their lives [02:25.29]I felt it coming on [02:27.07]I felt it in my bones and I don't know why [02:31.44]So when Christmas comes [02:33.39]And you're out running around [02:39.80]Take a moment to pause [02:41.27]And think of the kids that died in Newtown [02:48.18]They went so young who gave their lives [02:55.43]To make us stop and think and try to get it right [03:02.93]Were so young a cloud so dark over them [03:07.39] [03:09.03]And they left home [03:12.98]Gave their mom and dad a kiss and a hug [03:17.72]So when your birthday comes [03:19.68]And you're feeling pretty good [03:24.25] [03:26.12]Bake a cake for an orphan [03:28.40]And stuff your mouth with food [03:32.81]Check it off for the children [03:36.70]Who lost their lives [03:42.72]Think of their families [03:44.30]And how they mourn and cry [03:50.06]When you're gonna get married [03:51.73]And you're out shopping around [03:56.26]Take a moment to think about the families [04:00.88]That lost so much in Newtown