Bobby

Bobby pleaded guilty to the charges that they read,
As they lead him from the courtroom, a young voice turned his head,
A little boy dressed in blue was standing at the rail,
He said I hope they kill you, I hope you go to hell.
They locked Bobby in a jail with forty other men,
They all knew what he had done - they were glad to take him in,
They'd all seen the headlines about Bobby and his wife,
How they loved each other, and how he took her life.
Day after day, he sat alone,
Night after night, they'd hear him sing a song:
He said, "Baby I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down,
No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around,
I am not afraid of what people say or do,
The only thing I fear is being here, without you."
Little boy dressed up in blue grew up to be a man,
When he fell in love himself he came to understand
How it was that Bobby took the life they both adored
As Bobby couldn't stand to see her suffer anymore.
He took out the papers from the trunk beneath his bed,
And all the years just disappeared as through his tears he read
The stories of the accident that robbed his momma's mind
The man who held her in his arms and chose to cut the line
And the one about the man who sits alone
Year after year, singing his song
Baby I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down,
No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around,
I am not afraid of what people say or do,
The only thing I fear is being here, without you.
The young man drove his car up, and parked outside the gate
They lead him to a cold grey room, the guard told him to wait,
When the guard brought Bobby in the young man finally knew,
He still missed his momma, but he missed his daddy too,
When the guard left the two of them alone
The young man sang a song,
"Daddy I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down,
No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around,
I am not afraid of what people say or do,
The only thing I fear is being here, without you."