A Tribute To Jens - Virginia On My Mind lyrics

VERSE 1 Another day goes by, like all the days before He's writing another letter, to his friends outside He's never met them, living in another world Oh he's been fighting for so long, to come back home one day "I'm innocent" he says, but there is no grace Oh Virginia, Virginia on my mind VERSE 2 They wanted to k** him, and took his life in a different way He took the blame, to save his girlfriend's life Lied to the police, still under her spell She made the deal, and he's paying with his life "I'm innocent" he says, but there is no love Oh Virginia, Virginia on my mind CHORUS Time is like a rock, it crushes you slowly But we stand by him, don't let him down He's running in circles, don't let them win Escape the fate, and never loose your faith Happy Virginia, if they could change their mind VERSE 3 He'd already lost, before the trial even started They called him a monster, prejudice others say A bloody sock footprint, breaking his neck Worthless evidence, a cheap police trick we know "I'm innocent" he says, but there is no justice Oh Virginia, Virginia on my mind CHORUS VERSE 4 "He got what he deserved", there's no second chance They changed the laws, and sidelined parole Politics stopped the transfer, playing a double game They locked the door, and threw away the key "I'm innocent" he says, but there is no law Oh Virginia, Virginia on my mind BRIDGE Don't carry him back to old Virginia There's where prisons grow and authorities 're kinda weird There's where they pretend to fight a war on crime There's where politics wiped human dignity away Listen to your heart, you know what's in the words Don't look away, make them fear to loose a vote Speak up, when they say there's no doubt Oh Virginia, no peace we find! CHORUS