Friends there's somethin' been hauntin' me and I
just got to tell you bout it I saw an accident one
day that would chill the heart of any man And
teach them not to drink a drop while the steering
wheel's in their hand This awfull accident
occurred on the 20th day of May And caused two
dear little children to be sleeping beneath the
clay These two little kids walked side by side
along the state highway Their poor old mother she
had died and their daddy had run away As these two
little kids walked arm in arm how sad their hearts
did feel When around the curb came a speeding car
with a drunk man at the wheel The drunk man saw
the two little kids and he hollered a drunken
sound Get out of the road you little fools and the
car it brought them down The bumper struck the
little girl taking her life away While the little
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did lay The drunk man staggered from his car to
see the damage that he had done And he let out a
yell you could hear for miles when he recognized
his dying son Such mourning from a drunken man
I've never heard before While kneeling at the
running board he prayed to heavens door Saying oh
God please forgive me for this awful crime I've
done And his attention then was called away by the
words of his dying son And he said daddy why did
you do this to us how come you run us to the
ground It was you and mommy we was talking about
when the car it brought us down And I was just
telling little sister that I knew we'd see you
again someday But daddy why did it have to be like
this why did it have to be this way Why daddy why