The sap was still oozing when I got there I placed my hands upon it A battlefield nurse, tending to the wounds of the dead Proud crowns trampled on the ground Regicide has occurred Who will rule with our queen mother dead Corporate laws, chain saws Ring, ring, ring around Ashes, ashes we all fall down Shoot 'em up, chop 'em down Bang bang you're dead Ashes, ashes, ashes we all fall down Her blood had stopped flowing long before they found her Joey Armstrong was murdered In California, July, 1999 Yeah, they caught the guy who did it He confessed he had a problem He said sorry I've just always wanted to kill, wanted to kill women And we stand like a forest in silent desperation Wondering who's the next to fall We are victims We are murderers One and all I've heard the shots outside my window in Chicago I've wondered who might be wounded And then closed my eyes and gone back to sleep Columbine, Cabrini Green, Columbia River Valley It's all the same Just a different set of weapons And different names on the graves Ashes to ashes to ashes we all fall down