Oh Dear, Wes

Wes was just a boy back then His dad was rough, and his mom drank gin He fled his home so he could stray To start the life for which he prayed As he grew older, he made good grades And he played ball for Kansas State But he grew tired of running dry And he got shut down for getting high Oh, dear God Look what they've done They locked him up like he had a gun Look for a laugh We're just having fun One boy lost when he should've won Took the fall for nothing at all A crime so small, a price overdone Oh, dear God Look what they've done They locked him up like he had a gun And so it went, Wes shipped away Like a beast into a cage He likes to run, no hope to fly They squashed him down if he would try He called a friend, he hoped he could Still hear her voice from where he stood The phone cut off by a machine That sounded strange and words so mean Oh, dear God Look what they've done They locked him up like he had a gun Look for a laugh We're just having fun One boy lost when he should've won Took the fall for nothing at all A crime so small, a price overdone Oh, dear God Look what they've done They locked him up like he had a gun Wes was just a boy back then His dad was rough, and his mom drank gin He fled his home so he could stray To start the life for which he prayed Oh, dear God Look what they've done They locked him up like he had a gun Look for a laugh We're just having fun One boy lost when he should've won Took the fall for nothing at all A crime so small, a price overdone Oh, dear God Look what they've done They locked him up like he had a gun