[00:10.48]Wes was just a boy back then[00:12.46]His dad was rough[00:14.01]And his mom drank gin[00:15.13]He fled his home so he could stray[00:17.55]To start the life for which he prayed[00:24.74]As he got older he made good grades[00:27.18]He played ball for Kansas State[00:29.60]But he grew tired of running dry[00:32.03]And he got shut down for getting high[00:39.61]Oh dear God[00:40.68]Look what they've done[00:41.95]They locked him up[00:44.28]Like he had a gun[00:44.49]Look, for a laugh[00:45.74]We're just having fun[00:46.95]One boy lost[00:48.22]When he should've run[00:49.54]Took the fall for nothing at all[00:51.77]A crime so small, a price overdone[00:54.14]Oh dear God[00:55.46]Look what they've done[00:56.72]They locked him up[00:57.88]Like he had a gun[01:09.94]And so it went Wes shipped away[01:12.87]Like a beast into a cage[01:14.90]He likes to run, no hope to fly[01:17.02]They squashed him down if he would try[01:24.43]He called a friend, he hoped he could[01:26.70]Still hear her voice from where he stood[01:29.48]The phone cut off by a machine[01:31.75]That sounded strange and words so mean[01:39.39]Oh dear God[01:41.07]Look what they've done[01:42.14]They locked him up[01:43.30]Like he had a gun[01:44.62]Look, for a laugh[01:45.74]We're just having fun[01:46.95]One boy lost[01:48.12]When he should've run[01:49.38]Took the fall for nothing at all[01:51.75]A crime so small, a price overdone[01:54.55]Oh dear God[01:55.55]Look what they've done[01:56.76]They locked him up[01:57.98]Like he had a gun[02:10.17]Wes was just a boy back then[02:12.69]His dad was rough[02:14.32]And his mom drank gin[02:15.28]He fled his home so he could stray[02:17.55]To start the life for which he prayed[02:24.84]Oh dear God[02:25.96]Look what they've done[02:27.22]They locked him up[02:28.44]Like he had a gun[02:29.66]Look, for a laugh[02:30.82]We're just having fun[02:32.11]One boy lost[02:33.10]When he should've run[02:34.54]Took the fall for nothing at all[02:36.97]A crime so small, a price overdone[02:39.59]Oh dear God[02:40.72]Look what they've done[02:41.88]They locked him up[02:43.08]Like he had a gun