We All Fall Down

I'm hanging out the side of Alejandro's ride
I'm trying not to bleed on the car seat
Colours fill the streets
They're running down your cheeks
Cop cars lay white sheets over teenagers

But they'll never stop us now
They'll never stop us now
Hush, hush, hush, we all fall down

Sing that little song, that mama used to sing
I'm trying to hang on, but I feel me slipping
You wrap it in a towel, and prayer a secret prayer
While Jesus combs his hair in the rear view

Spotlights on car alarms
Bullets lodged in frightened arms
That fight that tears and grind the gears...
And circle round
Where the helicopters hover low
On teenage boys bound for death row
Where mother's tears run down the road
Into manholes