Where Were You?

Where were you, when your baby was three Why'd you leave her alone with a sinner man How could you not see, he was preachin' from the scriptures From the book he wrote when he was three Where's the key to the stories that you hid For forty years, they haunted her song? Even though you turned away to save your name Where were you, now that she's gone If you knew that someday, she'd steal a gun And erase every word on the page Would you tear down that door, to save her from his sins Now that you know how the story ends Where were you Where were you Where were you Where were you If you knew that someday, she'd steal a gun And erase every word on the page Would you tear down that door, to save her from his sins Now that you know how the story ends Where were you Where were you Where were you Where were you