Tom Odell - ​streets of heaven lyrics

Trouble in little town
People all gathered 'round
Abandoned bag on a step
This is what happened next

I was only trying to hear
What the teacher said
Then I heard a gunshot ringing in my head
Can see it on the evening news
There's twenty-three dead
In two-by-twos with our shirts stained red

We walk these streets of Heaven
We walk these streets of Heaven now

It's hard to get through the days
Knowing they're milеs away
Knowing what could've been
I look on down and I see

My brother on the stand
Trying to makе a case
My mother in the hallway
With tears upon her face
The lawyers say these cruel machines
They keep us safe
But you and me, we know the price to pay

As we walk these streets of Heaven
Walk these streets of Heaven
It's to we walk these streets of Heaven

Another shot, wasted life
Another friend to walk beside
I know it hurts, but wipe your eyes
And we'll sing until the old men cry
It's just the way it is, I don't know why
It's just the way it is, I don't know why
It's just the way it is, I don't know why
We're just a bunch of kids
We didn't have to die

As we walk these streets of heaven
We walk these streets of heaven
We walk these streets of heaven
We walk these streets of heaven now