Oh Dear, Wes - Rodes Rollins

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 got older he made good grades

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

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 run

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 run

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