Friends there's somethin' been hauntin' me and I just got to tell you bout it
  I saw an accident one day that would chill the heart of any man
  And 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 dear little children to be sleeping 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 run away
  As these two little kids 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 two little kids and he hollered a drunken sound
  Get out of the road you little fools and the car it brought them down
  The bumper struck the little girl taking her life away
  While the little boy in a puddle of blood in the ditch lying there did lay
  The drunk man staggered from his car to see the damage that he had done
  And he let out a yell you could hear for miles when he recognized his dying son
  Such mourning from a drunken man I've never heard before
  While kneeling at the running board he prayed to heavens door
  Saying oh God please forgive me for this awful crime I've done
  And his attention then was called away by the words of his dying son
  And he said daddy why did you do this to us how come you run us to the ground
  It was you and mommy we was talking about when the car it brought us down
  And I was just telling little sister that I knew we'd see you again someday
  But daddy why did it have to be like this why did it have to be this way
  Why daddy why