Don’t make this land go thirty for blood;
Don’t make this land cry out for bullets. Drop your weapons and stop short;
Turn and change the future of yourselves.
Why so much crime?

Is it not enough that your revolver is empty?
Is it not enough that your blades are dripping?
Why then don’t you think twice?
Why then don’t you have mercy?
Why so much crime?

The young, the old, the middle-aged
All have the right to live, and live to the fullest.
Don’t be like rust in the hands of the clock.
Why so much crime?
Why so much crime?

The eyes have seen, the ears have heard
But the mouths are sealed.
Fear has gripped the lips shut
But the brows furrow with concern.
Why so much crime?

The population sinks like a leaking ship;
The economy is drunk up like wine.
The horror continues without stop.
The lights go out!
Why so much crime?

Families go faster than they come;
Terror creeps in at all hours.
The nation weeps in uncontrollable misery
And every mouth asks the same question:
Why so much crime?