Like Them – Babybird

I will kill you
Said the five-year-old
As he left his knives
At the school gate
So I took her home
Locked all the doors
I’ll teach you here
About boys like that

Please don’t go and turn out like them
Please don’t go and grow up like that

I could walk to school
All on my own
No tag in my leg
No cell phone
I was not afraid
I was weaponless
But now I keep a knife
Just in case

Please don’t go and turn out like them
Please don’t go and turn out like them
Please don’t go and turn out like them

I can’t take photographs
You make me guilty
Watching my kids in the swimming pool
I will kill you if you touch them
I don’t care if it’s your parent’s fault
I’m sick of being the light all the time
Watching my P’s and Q’s all the time
I’m sick of being polite

Please don’t go and turn out like them
(Please don’t go and turn out like them)
Please don’t go and turn out like them
(Please don’t go and turn out like them)
Please don’t go and turn out like them
(Please don’t go and turn out like them)

I will love you despite everything
Make you feel safe at any cost
I will drag you back from the building
And give you back what you have lost
(Give you back what you have lost)
Give you back what you have lost
(Give you back what you have lost)
Give you back what you have lost
(Make you safe at any cost)
Give you back what you have lost