If there's a good man in you, you killed him today You took him out for a drink then you put him in his grave You drove him outside of town far away from his house So when the bullet rang out no one else heard a sound If there's a good man in you, he's dead in the dirt But he'll be survived by the people you hurt And they'll gather in masses, for him they will mourn A prodigal son from the day you were born Oh what have you become? Oh you were your mother's son Oh this world is cruel, I know Oh I wish it spared you In with a cry and out with a gun If there's a good man in you, you killed him again You poisoned the well of someone you called a friend I think you'd rather they hate you but I don't think they do They're just sad you keep killing the good man in you Oh what have you become? Oh you were your mother's son Oh this world is cruel, I know Oh I wish it spared you In with a cry and out with a gun God as my witness I hate to see you this way And I believe in forgiveness but I don't know if people can change You tell me You tell me Oh what have you become? Oh you were your mother's son Oh this world is cruel, I know Oh I wish it spared you In with a cry and out with a gun