Friends, my name is Ferlin Husky.

I'd like to tell you 'bout a man that let alcohol

destroy everything that God gave him



I saw an accident one day that would chill the heart of any man

It would teach them not to drink a drop

While the steering wheel's in their hand



This awfull accident occurred on the 20th day of May

And caused two little children to be sleepin' beneath the clay

These two little kids walked side by side along the state highway

Their poor old mother, she had died

And their daddy had ran away



As these two little children walked arm in arm

How sad their hearts did feel

When around the curb came a speeding car

With a drunk man at the wheel

The drunk man saw the little kids

And he hollered a drunked sound

"Get out of the road you little fools"

And the car, it brought them down



The bumper struck the little girl, takin' her life away

While the little boy, in a puddle of blood

In the ditch, lyin' there did lay

The drunk man staggered from his car

To see the damage that he had done

And then he let out a yell you could hear for miles

When he recognized his dyin' son



Such mournin' from a drunken man, I've never heard before

While kneeling down by his car he prayed to heavens door

Sayin', "Oh God, please forgive me for this awful crime I've done"

And his attention then was called away

By the words of his dyin' son

He said, "Daddy, why did you do this to us

How come you run us to the ground?

It was you and Mummy we were talkin' about,

When the car, it brought us down

And I was just tellin' little sister

That I knew we'd see you again someday

But, Daddy, why did it have to be like this

Why did it