Columbine - Danny Schmidt

The pecans are fallin

In the early autumn

You can't blame em much

No they've got nothing to lose

But it ain't like god

And like their mamas taught them

Nature unnurtured

Winter's comin on blue

Hang on that's what they're sayin

But hang on why

Innocence is a target

While they meat's still soft

But the breeze it took to bitin

And the leaves bled dry

And winter's disposition'll

Leave the trees all tossed

Came home alone this evening

Turned the news show on

There was kids jumpin terrified

Right through my screen

But to hell with higher learning

They was countin till dawn

Blood on the black board

Just mean on mean

Hang on

That's what they're saying

But hang on how

To the thickened skin of youth

And a hope that's worn too thin

A little hidden here

And a little taste for now

And a little'll hold you over

When the cold blows in

Well the pecans

Are fallin in the early autumn

You can't blame em much

No they've got nothing to lose

But it ain't like god

And like their mamas taught em

Left out hangin

Til there's guns in school