Lucinda Williams - West memphis

Th^E7ree little boys found in the river on a sw^Aeltering summer ni^E7ght Not one soul ever figured out who cr^B7eated that terrible sight S^E7omebody gotten away with murder that’s a h^Aorrible off^E7ense But that’s the way they ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

Th^E7ey didn’t like the music I listened to, they didn’t l^Aike the way I dr^E7essed Set me up with a forced confession, I n^B7ever had a chance They threw the b^E7ook at me at my expense, they ain’t g^Aot no common s^E7ense But that’s the way they ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

Y^E7eah that’s the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis That’s the way we do things in West M^B7emphis There’s n^E7ever been any difference So don’t c^Aome around here tryin’ to mess with us T^E7hat’s the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

I was fr^E7amed and sentenced to life in prison for a cr^Aime I didn’t com^E7mit There wasn’t nobody to listen or r^B7ose to my defense S^E7omebody planted the evidence and he’s been ly^Aing ever s^E7ince But that’s the way they ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

Af^E7ter all these years, they still refuse to s^Aay what really h^E7appened The crooked methods that they used to fr^B7ame an innocent man H^E7iding their darkest secrets behind e^Avery picket f^E7ence But that’s the way they ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

Y^E7eah that’s the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis That’s the way we do things in West M^B7emphis There’s n^E7ever been any difference So don’t c^Aome around here tryin’ to mess with us T^E7hat’s the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis