They've Trapped Us Boys

Gentlemen where have we been

Can't find the hole where we got in

We ain't have no letters since spring

Gentlemen where have we been

We ain't going nowhere now

I'll let this bottle make its rounds

And let this liquor settle down

We ain't going nowhere now

Darker than ever in the mind

I shine a light, shine a light

Now, holler back now, make some noise

I do believe they trapped us boys

Now, fill the dirt back on the graves

Ain't nothing good here being raised

I look at the filthy mess we made

Fill the dirt back on the graves

We cut the fruit, we took the tree

We chiseled all the branches free

We took more than we'd ever need

And we cut the fruit and we took the tree

It's darker than ever in the mind

I shine a light, shine a light

Now, holler back now, make some noise

I do believe they trapped us boys

Can't have no one not toe the line

Around here it's always 'round midnight

We can't have no brothers left behind

We can't have no one not toe the line

That ain't the cavalry we heard

It's the rain that's crashing on the earth

I tell our women and our children we ain't hurt

And no, that ain't the cavalry we heard

It's darker than ever in the mind

I shine a light, shine a light

Now, holler back now, make some noise

I do believe they trapped us boys