Well I remember William
                       
We weren't much more than kids
                   
His family lived in [bad word] down shack
                               
Like the rest of the white trash did
             
Now me and ole William
                             
We used to smoke out behind the barn
                                      
Til his daddy caught him stealing cigarettes
                               
I still think he broke William's arm
                   
When I was drinkin my first beer
                     
Ole William was getting high
                             
He got kicked out of school for fightin and [bad word] 
                        
And he stayed out late at night
                
He never said too much about home
                    
Or the [bad word] on his back
         
I asked him about em one time
                     
But he never answered back

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Yeah, William
                   
You grew up hard and mean
                           
You weren't the apple of your mama's eye
                              
And your daddy was a burned out fiend
                     
For what it's worth now William
                                
I know you could've had a heart of gold
                                      
But I don't think you ever knew that you had one
                              
I don't think you were ever told

                
He spent a year in reform school
                          
Cause he broke in a hardware store
                               
Now me and William lost track of each other
                     
I never saw him much anymore
                 
The last time I seen William
                        
He was married and had two kids
                              
He tried to raise em like he was supposed to
                                        
But sometimes he raised em like his daddy did

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Well just last Sunday mornin
                    
Momma called me on the phone
                                    
Said there's a story in the paper about William
                               
She just thought I might like to know
              
He got shot by a city cop
                          
While he was robbin' a local [bad word] 
                           
He was survived by two hungry kids, a wife
                         
and a pool of blood on the floor.

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