[00:06.17]I was a Junior in high school when I turned the TV on.
[00:12.52]James Huberty went to a restaurant, shot everyone up with a machine gun.
[00:18.62]It was from my hometown.
[00:21.35]We talked about it til the sun went down.
[00:24.73]Then everybody got up and stretched and yawned and then our lives went on.
[00:31.18]And I just left Safeway, when I walked through my doorway.
[00:37.05]When a guy took a boat to an island and shot up a bunch of little kids up in Norway.
[00:43.36]Called a few of my friends round here, but no one much really cared.
[00:49.00]But I did, because I've got a lot of friends there.
[00:55.61]I just arrived in Seoul, by way of Beijing.
[01:01.68]I had an hour to myself in my hotel when I turned on the TV.
[01:07.55]It was quite a thriller, CNN was promoting the Batman killer.
[01:14.29]His eyes were glazed like he was from Mars.
[01:17.10]Yesterday he was no one, today he was a star.
[01:20.53]I was down in New Orleans, at the Hotel Monteleone.
[01:26.03]Enjoying some time all to myself when I turned the TV on.
[01:32.36]There were shootings in a Portland mall.
[01:35.26]It was everyday America and that's all.
[01:38.61]It was just another one walked down Royal Street, the rest of the world was out having fun.
[01:44.52]December fourteenth, another killing went down. 12
[01:50.18]I got a letter from a fan he said Mark say a prayer for Newtown.
[01:56.44]I ain't one to pray, but I'm one to sing and play for women and children and moms and dads and brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts.
[02:09.33]December twenty-fifth, and I was just laying down.
[02:14.42]I picked up a pen, I wrote a letter to the guy in Newtown.
[02:20.39]I said I'm sorry about the killings, and the teachers who lost their lives.
[02:26.58]I felt it coming on, I felt it in my bones and I don't know why.
[02:32.71]So when Christmas comes and you're out running around.
[02:38.57]Take a moment to pause and think of the kids who died in Newtown.
[02:49.48]They went so young, who gave their lives.
[02:55.28]To make us stop and think and try to get it right.
[03:04.59]Were so young, a cloud so dark over them.
[03:11.28]And they left home, gave their mom and dad a kiss and a hug.
[03:19.43]So when your birthday comes and you're feeling pretty good,
[03:25.80]baking cakes and opening gifts and stuffing your mouth with food.
[03:36.35]Check it off for the children who lost their lives.
[03:44.05]Think of their families and how they mourn and cry.
[03:51.31]When you're gonna get married and you're out shopping around,
[03:57.74]take a moment to think about the families that lost so much in Newtown.
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