My baby shot me down

I was five, and he was six

We rode on horses made of sticks

He wore black and I wore white

He would always win the fight

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Bang bang, he shot me down

Bang bang, I hit the ground

Bang bang, that awful sound

Bang bang, my baby shot me down

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Seasons passed and we grew tall

We stopped playing, built a wall

He would speak, then disappear

Left his silence in my ear

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Bang bang, he broke me slow

Bang bang, I let it show

Bang bang, no one could know

Bang bang, my baby laid me low

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Years went by, he found the game

Different face but just the same

Cold and calm, he played it right

Every wrong still felt like light

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Bang bang, he changed his name

Bang bang, I stayed the flame

Bang bang, I knew the shame

Bang bang, my baby loved the blame

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Now I walk where no one sees

Wounds that hum beneath the breeze

He still lives beneath my vow

Every scar reminds me how

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Bang bang, he’s in my sound

Bang bang, I’m lost, not found

Bang bang, I wear the crown

Bang bang, my baby shot me down

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