Ice Cream Stand

An unarmed man robbed an ice cream stand
He had no piece to protect him
The owner came home and pulled out his gun
And left hot metal inside him

Now he lays in the street
Covered in a sheet
The size of the child within him

The pole couldn't tell
The world how he fell
There was no phone there to receive him

An unarmed man robbed an ice cream stand
And there is where the owner he shot him
An unarmed man robbed an ice cream stand
And there is where his life it was ended

Now what was in that ice cream stand
That was worth the life of a man
Somebody's son that you shot down
Would have been a dad if he was alive now

RUN RUN AWAY BANG
RUN RUN AWAY BANG

His lover she cried
While the babe pushed inside
Too early
But only to miss him

His father he held
His grandchild and felt
This loss was in vain
And here he nursed the victim

What is it that resides
In the stand that is prized
More dearly than the light
Of a human

The owner he had
The law in his hands
And here is where it stands
Shot in the back to make profit

An unarmed man robbed an ice cream stand
And there is where the owner he shot him
An unarmed man robbed an ice cream stand
And there is where his life it was ended

RUN RUN AWAY BANG
RUN RUN AWAY BANG

Now what was in that ice cream stand
That was worth the life of a man
Somebody's son that you shot down
Would have been a dad if he was alive now

Now what was in that ice cream stand
That was worth the life of a man
Somebody's son that you shot down
Would have been a dad
Would have been a dad
Would have been a dad
Would have been a dad
If he was alive now