Ne'er Do Wells

When I was 9 years old my daddy made me see The story of the railroad and how it came to be He said the men who laid it down had left their own home towns And broke their backs to give us traction And that's what he did for me Ne'er do wells and woe be gones Show your face for we were wrong Ne'er do wells and woe be gones Feel no shame it won't be long Yeah! Do you ever stop to think who built those walls around you Do you ever wonder who those people were at all Because the hands that give you shelter Are the very ones that you refused And the proof of what they're worth will live long after you and I are gone Ne'er do wells and woe be gones Show your face for we were wrong Ne'er do wells and woe be gones Feel no shame it won't be long Hah! Yeah! C'mon I beg you listen with an open heart You soul so cruelly judged Forgive us for our trespasses Were taught to us because We were raised by people Raised by people just like you and so When the world falls down around us It'll be to you I go It'll be to you we all come runnin' Ne'er do wells and woe be gones Show your face for we were wrong Ne'er do wells and woe be gones Feel no shame it won't be long