The Ballad of Willie Doe
Copyright 1995 - Will Pete
Got sick on the job one day. Rushed to the VA hospital in an ambulance, had my gall bladder removed and went back to work to find someone else doing my job. I asked the boss why I didn't have a job, his answer..."Willie.....I don't know". This is a song for "kids" and other young people.
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SOCIETY HAS RUN AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE OF THIS LAND
A RULE FOR THIS A LAW FOR THAT THE MORAL DOES NOT STAND
THE KID LOOKED UP TO ADULTS AND ASKED WHERE CAN I GO
TO LIVE A LIFE OF HAPPINESS, THEY SAID WILLIE I DON'T KNOW
HE SEARCHED IN SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, THEY PUT ON QUITE A SHOW
SO LOST IN BOOKS AND OFFICES, HE HEARD WILLIE I DON'T KNOW
THE RULES AND LAWS SAID FREEDOM IN A COUNTRY OF THE FREE
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SO WHY COMPLAIN, DUE PROCESS IS GUARANTEED
DEEP DOWN INSIDE A SADNESS BURNED, BONDAGE SEEMED TO GROW
HE ASKED THE COURTS AND THE GOVERNMENT, HE HAD TO DO IT ALL ALONE
HIS FRIENDS HAD TURNED TO HIM FOR HELP, HE HUNG HIS HEAD DOWN LOW
THE ANSWER THAT HE MIMICKED, WELL ITS GETTIN KIND OF OLD
THESE WORDS HAD ECHOED OFF THE WALLS OF UNEMPLOYMENT LINES
PEOPLE ONLY LISTENED FOR THEIR PAY, TO HEAR THEY HAD NO TIME
FAR BEHIND THE PAGES OF THE DAILY NEWS, THERES A REALITY OF WOE
OF DRUGS AND BOOZE AND POVERTY, AS WILLIE TRULY KNOWS
WITH MULTIPLE AFFLICTIONS, IN A DAZE OF STATUS QUO
IN THE COLD HOT STREETS HE WAS FREE TO DIE, OH WILLIE DID YOU KNOW
THIS STORY THAT I TELL YOU COMES FROM WILLIE'S BROTHER JOHN
AS HE CARVED A HEADSTONE POEM, FROM DRIFTWOOD HE FOUND ON A POND
SOCIETY HAS RUN AWAY, HERE LIES WILLIE DOE
ARE YOU FREE AT LAST PLEASE TELL US, CAUSE WILLIE WE DON'T KNOW
OH WILLIE, WILLIE TELL US, THE BONDAGE SEEMS TO GROW
AS THE ECHOES IN THE COLD HOT STREETS WHISPER WILLIE OHhhhhhh Noooooo
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