Just something that I had to get off my mind . . .

The next to die in Texas
Is a boy that had gone wrong
From doing drugs to dealing them
His list of sins was long

But is it right to kill a man
Without evidence of crime?
One pair of eyes looked through the dark
It was enough to kill in time

And the others who were there
Why weren't their voices heard?
I ask you, where is justice
When their evidence is buried?

The governor, he washed his hands
And spoke as Pontius Pilate
"I have no business with this deed,
"Just cross him off and file it.

"Don't bother me, I'm in a race,
"To lead this land to greatness,"
No thought of mercy for woman or man
Doomed to eternal darkness.

The next to die in Texas
Will be added to the list
Of humans who, it seems to me
Have been ground down into grist

And on us all, their destined fate
Could fall with circumstance
Can't we forgive, can we forget
And take a second glance?