[Verse 1]

Do you still say your prayers, little darling?

Do you go to bed at night

Praying that tomorrow

Everything will be alright?

But tomorrows fall in number

In number one by one

You wake up and you're dying

You don't even know what from

[Chorus 1]

Well, they shot you point blank

You been shot in the back

Baby, point blank

You been fooled this time, little girl, that's a fact

Right between the eyes

Baby, point blank

Right between the pretty lies that they tell

Little girl, you fell

[Verse 2]

You grew up where young girls, they grow up fast

You took what you were handed and left behind what was asked

But what they asked, baby, wasn't right

You didn't have to live that life

And I was gonna be your Romeo, you were gonna be my Juliet

These days you don't wait on Romeos, you wait on that welfare check

And on all the pretty little things that you can never have

And all the promises

[Chorus 2]

That always end up point blank

Shot between the eyes

Whoa, point blank

Like little white lies you tell to ease the pain

You're walking in the sights

Girl, point blank

And it's one false move

And baby, the lights go out

[Verse 3]

Once I dreamed we were together again

Baby, you and me

Back home in those old clubs

The way we used to be

We were standing at the bar and it was hard to hear

The band was playing loud and you were shouting something in my ear

You pulled my jacket off and as the drummer counted four

You grabbed my hand and pulled me out on the floor

[Verse 4]

You just stood there and held me, then you started dancing slow

And as I pulled you tighter I swore I'd never let you go

Well, I saw you last night down on the avenue

Your face was in the shadows, but I knew that it was you

You were standing in the doorway out of the rain

You didn't answer when I called out your name

You just turned, and then you looked away

Like just another stranger waiting to get blown away

[Chorus 3]

Point blank

Right between the eyes

Whoa (Baby), point blank

Right between the pretty lies

You fell, point blank

Shot straight through the heart

Yeah, point blank

You've been twisted up 'til you've become just another part of it

[Chorus 4]

Point blank

You're walking in the sights

Point blank

Living one false move, just one false move away

(Point blank)

They caught you in their sights

(Oh) Point blank

Did you forget how to love? Girl, did you forget how to fight? (Point blank)

They must have shot you in the head

'Cause point blank

Bang bang, baby, you're dead