Angola's Lament
Angola ain't no place to be
It's for the lost who once were free
Fields of fear stretched far and wide
And razor wire goes to the sky
I make my round to da fields all day
While the prisoners work their sins away
Shotgun perched upon my leg
On sixteen hands on a thorough bred
Da say ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Devil holds the key
There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
But to get down on your knees
Desperation in a troubled man
Spreads like poison in this land
I've seen it all from this saddle son
Yeah God rest yer soul if you try to run
Oh now ash to ash and dust to dust
Yer here because yer dreams went bust
Just put that pick axe in the ground
Keep on moanin' that lonesome sound
There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Devil holds the key
There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
But to get down on your knees
When the cold wind blew through that old screen door
You didn't hear their screams no more
Blood on the walls and across the floor
Lord, what did ya do?
You drug ‘em down to that old oak tree
Dug a hole ‘neath the tire swing
Wiped a tear threw in the ring
And a sawed off shotgun too
You let ‘em down in the cold hard ground
Side by side the way you found ‘em
Fallin' rain didn't make a sound
That's when you knew
There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Devil holds the key
There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
But to get down on your knees