[Verse 1]

Rosa, Rosa don’t get the gun, he said

Rosa, Rosa life’s too long to stay young, he said

Rosa, Rosa, don’t get the gun

Then in the dead of night, tip-toe down the hall

Why were they sleeping? Why didn’t they hear her fall?

Now she’s in a bright room, who was the one to make the call?

Who was the one to make the call?

[Chorus]

Rosa, Rosa don’t get the gun

[Verse 2]

Scissors in the drawer too, she knows life’s unfair

Locked up by her mother, who taught her how to care

Now she’s in a white room, who was the one to lock hеr there?

Who was the onе to lock her there?

[Chorus]

Rosa, Rosa don’t get the gun

[Bridge]

Why’d they sit her by the window and

Give her a vacant stare

Walk her up and down the corridor, but her mind’s not there

Twenty feet of rope down and below the water’s deep

Have you seen her mother, she’s walking half-asleep

What good is dreaming? The papers are signed but the bill’s not cheap

The papers are signed but the bill’s not cheap

[Chorus / Outro]

Rosa, Rosa don’t get the gun, he said

Rosa, Rosa life’s too long to stay young, he said

Rosa, Rosa, don’t get the gun

Don’t get the gun

Don’t get that gun