Why Does Somebody Always Have To Die

Momma said stay away from the train yard, children

Don't be playing on them tracks

Those old big devils can sneak up on you

And run you down just like that

Yeah, hey yeah

Well, little brother Jonah didn't heed her warning

Tried to chase a fast one down

I can still hear the words my momma was crying

As we laid him in the ground

Yeah, hey yeah

She said, "Why does somebody always have to die

Before people listen and open up their eyes?"

There ain't no need for hurting or the bloody tears we cry

So why does somebody always have to die?

Mister white collar in an uptown high rise

Finishing a twelve hour day

A double tall glass of tequila sunrise

Takes a little stress away

Hey yeah, hey yeah

Well he came around the corner doing eighty-seven

Swerving all over the place

He sent a five year old straight to Heaven

And never even touched his brakes

Hey yeah, hey yeah

Why does somebody always have to die

Before people listen and open up their eyes?

There ain't no need for hurting or the bloody tears we cry

So why does somebody always have to die?

There once was a carpenter living in Nazareth

Said he was the Son of God

Said he came here to free the captive

And bring faith to the lost

Yeah, hey yeah

Well he tried to tell them all about life eternal

But they just wouldn't believe

And he said, "Father, won't you please forgive them?"

As he nailed him to the tree

Hey yeah, hey yeah

Why does somebody always have to die

Before people listen and open up their eyes?

There ain't no need for hurting or the bloody tears we cry

So why does somebody

Yeah, why does somebody

Always have to die?

Always have to die

Momma said stay away from the train yard, children

Don't be playing on them tracks