Everybody's intent on killing someone

The streets are closed and there's a kid on the run

The bullets scream out from gun to gun

Everybody's intent on being someone



The cold and darkness of a criminal dawn

Wrapped in blankets gotta keep ourselves warm

A child in the arms of a teenage mum

Who will be there, who will be the next victim

Of the criminal dawn?



Old friends meet on the edge of town

Sharing conversation, hoping things will soon get better

While the children meet, got the world at their feet

Not knowing what's around the corner

Are we living for an uncertain future?



Down on the corner sits a broken man

Lives by the bottle, swears "never again"

Lost his money on the dogs and gin

Now he looks for his supper in a garbage can



The kids hang around by the old schoolground

Right by the river where the body was found

Throwing stones on hallowed ground

Who will be there, who will be the next victim

Of the criminal dawn?



Old friends meet on the edge of town

Sharing conversation, hoping things will soon get better

While the children meet, got the world at their feet

Not knowing what's around the corner

Are we living for an uncertain future?



In the cold and darkness of a criminal dawn

Wrapped in blankets gotta keep ourselves warm

A child in the arms of a teenage mum

Who will be there, who will be the last victim

Of the criminal dawn?



Old friends meet on the edge of town

Sharing conversation, hoping things will soon get better

While the children meet, got the world at their feet

Not knowing what's around the corner

Are we living for an uncertain future