She was playing basketball at the schoolyard near the station
She was training very hard to be the hero of the nation
Her bouncing of the ball, it ended without clue
A knifeman stabbed her - he came out of the blue
A promising young life was cut short all too soon -
She was killed by a strike of a knife-wielding loon

A suspect was found soon, he was youngster of just eighteen
He confessed what he had done, had no reason for no faking
He was schizo, it he knew, he had looked for help in vain
He was crazy as a cuckoo, full of agony and pain
The doctors let him down, as he howled to the moon -
The found no cure for a knife-wielding loon

He had asked for the doctors for a decent medication
All they had on offer was to put him on sedation
He was released all too soon, and the horrors came all back
He wanted get attention, but he snapped up and crack
When you neglect mental health care, it's the same too well known tune -
Again you will see - another knife-wielding loon