She runs through the streets so desperately young   Her eyes aflame and her mind undone   She aches for the songs that will never be sung   And the heroes so quickly forgotten      She sees a friend in the church yard light   Laughin' and jokin' and talkin' to the sky   Shots ring out and he hits the ground   He never opens his eyes and she cries      Heaven is closed to the angels below   Streets of gold are now paved with sorrow   God only knows what happens to love   When the innocence is gone   And the war of the angels has begun      The ghosts in her head have faces and names   They're soldiers and children, all one in the same   In the streets and the alleys, hear the battle cries sound   And the angels run for cover as the world comes tumbling down      All through the night the battle is fought   They can never win back the lives they've lost   Down on her knees, in the tear stained dawn   She just closes her eyes, whispers goodbye      Heaven is closed to the angels below   Streets of gold are now paved with sorrow   God only knows what happens to love   When the innocence is gone   And the war of the angels is never won      Another day in the neighborhood   Better dry your eyes and be off to school   She packs her lunch and her daddy's gun   Seems much too old to be so young      The battle begins the day that you're born   Into this world, so heartsick and war torn   Somebody better come and carry her away   Maybe this angel will live to fly again someday      Heaven is closed to the angels below   Streets of gold are now paved with sorrow   God only knows what happens to love   When the innocence is gone   And the war of the angels rages on   Rages on, oh, yeah, yeah