The Screams Of The Lightning Bugs lyrics by A. J. In all my earthly time I've known no worse natural crime Than for a child to die young Praises yet unsung I can still recall your face The rivers of pain haven't swept away the trace No more now you're laid to bed Sorrowed are the fireflies that danced by your head danced around your head, danced by your head As the pink and white blossoms of the cherry tree Fall by the hundreds to the ground before me The screams of the lightning bugs resound Through the hills for miles around Through the hills for miles around (repeat all)