New State of Mind

Hey there man in blue

Life and death is not for you to choose

Won't you take your hand from that gun

Never meant you any harm

Only one of us is armed

Don't you do what cannot be undone

When you live in a world of hate

All around of you people demonstrate

How easy it is to be wrong

Even now as you take your aim

Which of us will be left to blame

The unarmed man or the brutal cop

I am a man with regrets

I may be poor but I do my best

Life can be so unkind

If you could see past

The way I look or the way I dress

Maybe stop being so blind

You might find a new state of mind

Is this the way things are supposed to be

People dying in the streets

Am I just another one

I was a good man before today

Bills and life can get so hard to pay

Living on both sides of the gun

I am a man with regrets

I may be poor but I do my best

Life can be so unkind

If you could see past

The way I look or the way I dress

Maybe stop being so blind

You might find a new state of mind

Hey there man in blue

Nothing left for me to prove

Now your innocence is gone

Desperate times come from desperate men

Guided by a shaking hand

Just one shot and I'm moving on

I was a man with regrets

I was poor but I did my best

Life was so unkind

If you could have seen past

The way I looked or way I dressed

Maybe I would still be alive

I hope you find a new state of mind