Children tucked into their tiny beds, Sleepy sighs, "I am safe," is what that says
Waking to their elves, who have run amok the house
'Let's hurry now, dress warmly', quick hugs and kisses, let's dash out.
Tick tock goes the clock, tick tock
Goodbye my little child, goodbye.
Reading, writing, arithmetic
Learning life's lessons, oh so quick
What is fair? Life is not, but senseless deeds are on the mount
Tick tock goes the clock,tick tock
Goodbye my little child, goodbye.
Christmas wishes running through their heads
Smiling, sweet faces, innocence turns to dread
Wait, what's that noise?
Tick tock goes the GLOCK, tick tock
Goodbye my little child, goodbye.
Panic courses through, as chaos surrounds
No more visions of sugar plums, are anywhere around
Sights no one should ever have to see
Will shape the children, who've survived today's unspeakable deed
Goodbye my little child, goodbye.
Holes left in families, no more pitterpat feet
Christmas elves suspended in mid-mischief, eternal Christmas grief
Sweet angels are gone and we ask,
'What sense is to be made?' with no answer to offer peace
Goodbye my little child, goodbye.
Children witnesses will never be the same
Gone are the innocent, childhood ways
But babies they were, when they left for school
Alas, no more, as evil eludes
Goodbye my little child, goodbye.
Bedtime approaches
Sleepy are their heads
But nightmares persist, and some have empty beds
Tick tock goes the clock, tick tock
Goodnight my little child...goodnight.
With love,
Rachael
