We shoot our rifles in the air
The bullets land we know not where
We load them up and aim again
A firing squad of seven men
Death camp near the Libyan border?
Drug lord scene from “Law & Order’?
No, it’s a place called Washington
Where nothing thrills quite like a gun
Saluting at the Inauguration
Twenty-one rounds in celebration
We shoot our rifles in the air
Then bow our heads and say a prayer
To those who heard that same salute
When some sick guy began to shoot
Innocent kids gunned down at school
Stop reminding us – it’s way too cruel.