Kentucky Justice Kentucky Justice [Verse 1] Well the courthouse sits above a creek that runs through town Where the water keeps moving when the flags come down Old men gossip at Mickey D’s over coffee and fries They remember what happened but they lower their eyes A badge and a gavel both claimed the same ground One said the law’s the law, the other said it ain’t found Now the creek keeps running like it always did And the booths still whisper what the papers hid [Chorus] Kentucky Justice, it don’t wear a robe Sometimes it rides shotgun on a back-country road It don’t always wait for the jury to speak It just settles the matter when the night gets deep Kentucky Justice… (Kentucky Justice) [Verse 2] Female inmates were being raped behind those locked doors Guards looked the other way or they asked for more The judge gave their kids to CPS if they refused Said “play along or your babies get used” He signed the orders and he sealed up the files While the women kept countin’ every lost mile I left with the stories still burnin’ my tongue Every mile I travel I still hear the song [Bridge] Sheriff shot the judge, yeah the sheriff shot the judge Shot him in the chambers where the deals get made Sheriff shot the judge, said the law wouldn’t budge Till the badge crossed the threshold and the gavel got paid Sheriff shot the judge (sheriff shot the judge) Shot him in the chambers, closed the door behind Sheriff shot the judge (sheriff shot the judge) Ain’t no high court appeal when the mountain does the time They can write it in the docket, they can seal up the file But the creek still remembers every name and every mile Sheriff shot the judge, shot him in the chambers Kentucky Justice don’t always wait for the ink to dry Sheriff shot the judge… Shot him in the chambers… Sheriff shot the judge… [Chorus] Kentucky Justice, it don’t wear a robe Sometimes it rides shotgun on a back-country road It don’t always wait for the jury to speak It just settles the matter when the night gets deep Kentucky Justice… (Kentucky Justice) [Outro] Shot him in the chambers… And the creek kept the rest. Coal companies terrorizing never left, just handed power over to electeds and the people in the hills are just as oppressed as the old days of Hatfield and McCoys
