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bruce springsteen
do you still say your prayers little darlin' do you go to bed at night
everything will be alright
but tomorrow's fall in number in number one by one
you wake up and you're dying you don't even know what from
well they shot you point blank you been shot in the back
baby point blank you been fooled this time little girl that's a fact
right between the eyes baby
point blank right between the pretty lies that they tell
you grew up where young girls they grow up fast
you took what you were handed and left behind what was asked
but what they asked baby wasn't right
you didn't have to live that life
i was gonna be your romeo you were gonna be my juliet
these days you don't wait on romeo's you wait on that welfare check
and on all the pretty things that you can't ever have and on all the promises
that always end up point blank
point blank like little white lies you tell to ease the pain
you're walkin' in the sights
and it's one false move and baby the lights go out
once i dreamed we were together again baby you and me
back home in those old clubs the way we used to be
we were standin' at the bar it was hard to hear
the band was playin' loud and you were shoutin' somethin' in my ear
you pulled my jacket off and as the drummer counted four
you grabbed my hand and pulled me out on the floor
you just stood there and held me
then you started dancin' slow
and as i pulled you tighter i swore i'd never let you go
well i saw you last night down on the avenue
your face was in the shadows but i knew that it was you
you were standin' in the doorway out of the rain
you didn't answer when i called out your name
and then you looked away like just another stranger waitin' to get blown away
right between the pretty lies you fell
shot straight through the heart
you've been twisted up till you've become just another part of it
you're walkin' in the sights
livin' one false move just one false move away
they caught you in their sights
did you forget how to love
did you forget how to fight. point blank they must have shot you in the head
bang bang baby you're dead.