Once upon a time on the hill,
You could kill a man call it free will.
You could take your hand gun, shoot him in the sun,
Once upon a time on the hill.
You could blame it on the food we eat,
Or the drugs you can buy on the street.
But the kid's got hand guns at sixteen years young;
You can blame it on the food we eat.
You can blame it on your old man,
Or all the things that you never had,
But no machine gun is gonna bring back your mum.
You can blame it on your old man.
You can blame it on the games we play,
Or all the violence they said was okay.
You can blame the Play Station for the void in the nation.
You can blame it on the games we play
You can blame it on bad education.
You can blame it on cheap medication.
If you take all those pills, they'll take your free will.
Don't blame it on the children
You can blame it on Jesus Christ
Or his absence in the heat of the night.
You can blame it on the police, you can blame it on the streets
But don't blame it on Jesus Christ.
Ain't it strange that you can buy your ammunition,
At the same place you buy your Ritalin.
And if you've got an ID you can kill the whole team,
Just don't blame it on the children.
And it seems the news today,
Is the same as it was yesterday
And there's blood on their hands, till they get the guns banned.
Can't watch the news today.
So sing me this lullaby,
And sleep as the bullets fly .
Cause something's gotta change in the home of the brave.
Just blame it on our freedom.