Jimmie's selling Flowers on the Interstate
Intersection
Right across the street from a big white church
Jimmie has a special smile for the ladies
Years on the street has taught him
How much that smile is worth
A few degrees below and business is slow
Jimmie needs a good drink- badly
When a pretty family from the church
Across the street drives up
To him with a sandwich
He smiles at them sadly
Good haircuts suits and ties
Shirts as white as snow
Unworried smiles on their faces
They're so confident they'll get what they wish for
If not in heaven - then surely here on earth
There's a young boy lying on the curb of the
Intersection
Another victim of this civil war
Where rich guys are fighting for their right to
Protect their possessions
While parents look for their young ones
At the morgue
A broken-hearted mother is kneeling by her son
- nothing left for her to do but pray - when
Jimmie yells,
Hey! they're your children getting killed here
On these streets
While your preachers are getting armed
For Judgement Day
Good haircuts suits and ties
Shirts as white as snow
Unworried smiles on their faces
They're so confident they'll get what they wish for
If not in heaven - then surely here on earth
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