What's Going On? Lyrics

There's a stack of ungraded papers

On top of the teacher's desk

And there's an answer sheet out in the middle of the floor

Soaking up crimson red

And there's a jungle gym just a waiting for them

But the children didn't ever come

Cause someone came down the hallway

Carrying a thirty-clip gun

And there were children hiding in the closets

and teachers calling 911

What's going on

There's an overflowing basket of crumpled up tissues

Sitting at the head of the bed

And there's a Bible opened up on the coffee table

To the pages all written in red

And there's a father and a mother holding on to each other

Hollow and alone

And there's a brother and a sister that miss their little sister

They can't believe she's gone

And the whole world's crying

Everybody's crying

What's going on

Well you can close your pretty little eyes

And you can cover your delicate face

But it don't matter where you try to hide

It's crazy all over the place

You can't go for a walk you can't go for a ride

You can't stay at home you can't go outside

But you can't leave the children alone

You can't leave the little children alone

This can't go on

There's a pen there on the dresser

By some doctor bills

And there's an unsigned letter of resignation

Under anxiety pills

And there's a hero full of sorrow on the straight and narrow

Crying with her head in her hands

No one should have to see what she had to see

A vision with no remand

And everybody's looking for answers

But nobody understands

What's going on

And there were children hiding in the closets

And teachers calling 911

What's going on

What's going on