FUNNY THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE KILLERS

Funny-- they don't look like killers. But here is Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold who on this day (Adolph Hitler's birthday) in 1999 conducted one of the worst violent sieges upon a high school ever witnessed. The high school was Columbine. The state was Colorado. The town was Littleton. As a songwriter I had written a song called Littleton & Columbine as a comfort to the great citizens and students of this besieged institution. I received a beautiful thank you card. The lyrics for the song went like this:

LITTLETON AND COLUMBINE
MIGHT I CALL YOU FRIENDS OF MINE?
FOR I HAVE SHARED
THESE YEARS OF YOUR GREAT SORROW
I KNOW THE TEARS THAT CLOUD YOUR EYES
I FEEL THE FEARS YOU SHOW
I KNOW THE ANGUISH OF YOUR CHILDREN
I LOST MY SON TO VIOLENCE

SO
LITTLETON AND COLUMBINE
MIGHT I SHARE THAT CUP OF WINE
DO NOT DESPAIR FOR I AM THERE BESIDE YOU
YOU WONDER IN YOUR HEART
WHY VIOLENCE PLAYS A PART
IN THIS GOOD EARTH
THAT I HAVE GIVEN FREELY

Bridge:

I’VE SENT MY MESSAGE
TO THE WORLD FOR AGES
THE PAGES OF YOUR HISTORY
KNOWS THIS WELL
THOSE WHO FOLLOW FAITHFULLY
THE TEACHING OF MY SON
WILL SEE THE RIVERS
FILLED WITH QUESTIONS
EMPTY TILL THERE’S NOT A SINGLE ONE

LITTLETON AND COLUMBINE
DON’T QUAKE AT THIS EVIL SIGN
FOR I LOVE THE WORLD
LIKE THE VERY DAY I MADE IT
BUT I CAN NOT SHIELD YOU
FROM THE EVIL ‘THAT COMES 'ROUND YOU
THE BANEFUL ONE WILL LOSE HIS BATTLE
IF YOU JOIN YOUR HEARTS
IN PRAYER


OH LITTLETON AND COLUMBINE
HERE’S A RAINBOW IN THE SKY
MEMORIZE EACH COLOR AS A BLESSING
COME TOGETHER EVERY ONE
THERE’S A JOB THAT MUST BE DONE
THE SOULS YOU KNEW
ARE HERE TO PLEAD WITH YOU

DETERMINE THAT YOU’LL CHANGE THINGS
DON’T JUST RE-ARRANGE THINGS
NO ONE LOVES YOU ALL MORE THAN ME
NO ONE LOVES YOU MORE THAN ME

Copyright 1999 by Mike Ricciardi