Spring has sprung you can feel it in the air
Birds chirping  
Squirrels throw acorns from the tree tops  
Breakfast in their bellies, backpacks on  
First day back from Easter vacation  
Get in line, drop them at the curbside  
Hugs and kisses before I go  
  
Off to the office, paperwork and meetings  
Then, an emergency message on the radio  
Shots fired!  
My children's school!  
   
I drive back in terror  
Are they hiding under tables  
Or in a closet twenty-seven full  
   
Barriers and police, I can't get near the building  
I embrace my daughter from her teacher's arms  
   
Policeman tells me, "Your son is gone."  
   
Local politician comes up to me  
Says, 'Our thoughts and prayers are with you."  
Hold her tight now don't you worry  
See there, the good guys are here to save them  
   
You see it was an angry man, not his gun!  
You see it was an angry man, not his gun!  
You see!  IT WAS AN ANGRY MAN! NOT HIS GUN!  
YOU SEE! IT WAS AN ANGRY MAN! NOT HIS GUN! 
   
My daughter asks in a soft and quiet voice,  
"How many angry men are there daddy?"  
As my heart falls apart inside me  
I cry, "Too many my love."