Jartsu is home alone again and watching TV Gangsters shot by cops is all that this kid can see Mom is working night shifts and his dad is unable After school the food was some sandwiches on the table TV programs end and Jartsu has to go to bed has to turn off lights, even when he is really scared teacher once again tomorrow asks why he's so tired that he did not dare to sleep they cannot comprehend Do not ask me where all this violence comes from! Do not ask me why there is so much substance abuse!

Mom comes home real late and she hits her son just because Once again the bed is wet and it seems without a cause but she gets her own when daddy finally comes home beats his wife until he passes out in his sorry throne the child tries to run, but cannot find the arms to catch him wraps himself in soaking blankets trying to shield him All alone against the world he spends his night in fear Soaking his pillow with uncontrollable tears Do not ask me where all this violence comes from! Do not ask me why there is so much substance abuse! Liisa is just fourteen, school is not a place she fits in Her home is even less the place she wants to be in Put her in a group home and for sure she will leave For the only home she knows is on her city's streets On the city streets,Liisa's never alone Surrounded by her friends who also have no place to go Bitterness is common, 'cause there'll never be a reprieve For they know that this is one home they will never leave

Do not ask me where all this violence comes from! Do not ask me why there is so much substance abuse! First they said: "Sniff tricoloo, it's really where it's at" Then they said: "Smoke weed it's even better than that" Then we ran real fast and knocked some grannies out for cash Just so we'd have the money for even harder stuff than that Now she's in Stockholm, selling sex to passers-by Liisa's just a baby already willing to die Wealthy businessmen and some executives of banks Whose wife and kids are sitting at home, waiting for their dads pay real well for Liisa for the honey they got in And with that money Liisa buys some more heroin Do not ask me where all this violence comes from! Do not ask me why there is so much substance abuse!