West Memphis Moon Lyrics - Chuck Prophet

Yellow tape along the river's edge 

Helicopters circling overhead 

Three little boys coming home from school 

Gone forever 'neath the Memphis moon 

Well, the sheriff jumped on me, yes, he did 

Leaned on me till I cried and beg 

I cried for my mother, never felt so alone 

The dawn was breaking and my will was gone 

They said, "There's two more boys where you came from 

You'll implicate them both before we're done 

We want that Echols boy with the moody eyes 

He and that peach faced kid by his side" 

The trial was over soon as it begun 

The truth still buried out there in the mud 

Father forgive me, hear what I say 

Father forgive this walking razor blade 

Three more boys who should be back in school 

Gone forever 'neath the Memphis moon 

(Really gone) 

A flicker of hope, a drop of light 

Mothers arms reaching in the night