[Verse 1]
It was another day
A perfect Texas afternoon
A mother and two children
Play the way they always do

[Verse 2]
As they raced home from the mailbox
A mother and her son
Against a little girl of six years old
The independent one

[Verse 3]
The deputies went door to door
Through all the neighborhood
They said I got some news to tell you, folks
I'm afraid it ain't so good

[Verse 4]
Somehow something happened
Someone got away
Someone got the answers
For what happened here today

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh no, oh no
Oh no, no, no, no
[Chorus]
Tell me it was just a dream
August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes
And the world got mean
August 7, 4:15

[Verse 5]
Now the people from the papers
And the local TV news
Tried to find the reason
Cop dogs sniffed around for clues

[Verse 6]
Someone shouted "Hit & run"
The coroner cried "Foul'"
Her blue dress was what she wore
The day they laid her body down

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh no, oh no
Oh no, no, no, no

[Chorus]
Tell me it was just a dream
August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes
And the world got mean
August 7, 4:15
[Bridge]
I know tonight
That there's an angel
Up on Heaven's highest hill
And no one there can hurt you, baby
No one ever will

[Verse 7]
Somewhere
Someone's conscience
Is like a burning bed
The flames are all around you
How you gonna sleep again?

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh no, oh no
Oh no, no, no, no

[Chorus]
Tell me it was just a dream
August 7, 4:15
God closed His eyes
And the world got mean
August 7, 4:15