Author's note: I wrote this literally about four years ago after we had a lockdown drill during band practice. I never uploaded it anywhere because I used the name of my school in it and I didn't want to give away personal information. But today in band we were talking about what happens if there's a school shooting...yep, you still go behind the wall. So I took out the identifying information (customize it to fit your school!) and now, here it is. Enjoy.
Also, don't do this if a school shooting actually happens. Don't try a school shooting, either.
Somebody once said, "Look out, some crazy guy is going to enter ((your school's initials go here, like something HS))."
She was lookin' kinda dumb with her finger and her thumb buckling up her bulletproof vest.
Well, the sirens start comin' and they don't stop comin'.
We follow the director, to the corner she's runnin'
But it didn't make sense not to leave the room
Stay still, and even in the corner you're doomed
"The school's so big that you're safe here,"
Says the director. "Don't fear."
No, you never know if he will go
Into the band room far below-ow-
Hey now, you're a ((your mascot here)), get your instrument, go play,
Hey now, you're a target, will you see the next day?
And all that glitters is gold.
Only sparkling trumpets break the mold...
Somebody asked, "Would you mind letting me pass? I need to get myself away from this place."
I said "Sure" but when he got out I saw the crazy guy, they were staring at each other face to face.
Well, the kids start coming, over chairs we're climbing.
Someone hits the chimes and they all start chiming.
Yeah, it didn't make sense to move, I agree,
But I would have wanted kids to move if it was me!
I guess they all felt the same way
Then the crazy guy yelled "Hey!"
He had stubbed his foot on a chair.
We all realized right then and there that
We could chuck a mallet, or spray some whiteboard spray
We could drive him off or hold him at bay
And all that glitters is gold.
Only our brilliant minds break the mold...
Somebody toppled over a music stand and they all fell down in a chain reaction
Then the last one hit the guy's foot and all the others followed-let's just say they left his shoe in a fraction.
Well, he gets a clue and he heads for the door
He won't come to ((your school name here)) anymore.
I just hope he can understand
He can torture the ((your archrival school's name here)) band.
We don't yet know if he will go
But who cares, it's our time to glow-ow-
Hey now, we're the ((plural of your mascot's name here)), the heroes of our school,
Paraded, accoladed, we think that's pretty cool,
And all that glitters is gold.
Only our sweet medals break the mold...
