Newspaper Blues

She read it in the paper And saw it on the news Another poor boy Dead and gone Well she read it in the paper And saw it on the news Now there's another woman Without her man When the sun came up And the moon went down He was shot In the chest When the sun came up And the moon went down He fells to his knees Bleeding before the Lord He was just a kid Trying to get through life But his one mistake Shot him dead He was just a kid Just trying to get through life He tried to steal some food Cause he was hungry and had no change She turned the page over And saw a picture of the scene But there she read His last words She turned the page over And saw a picture of the scene He said moma won't you please Come and bring your poor boy home