Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)

They wouldn't let her They wouldn't let her They wouldn't let her, wouldn't let her go home They wouldn't let her go home They wouldn't let her go home They wouldn't let her go home and now there's no more home She took on extra shifts, still couldn't pay the bail No danger, no flight risk, but she would stay in jail She was not convicted of anything She was not convicted of anything Won't you let her go home? Won't you let her go home? Won't you let her go home? At home she's got two kids and gramma needs her care Who pack the lunch and give meds if she's in jail and not there? They already took the only daddy that they ever had Shot him then put a gun near him that he never had Wouldn't let him go home Wouldn't let him go home Wouldn't let him go home Two months, the rent's past due and gramma took a fall The kids' been missing school to see her at the hospital When the teacher saw that they were not in school again today She called CPS and CPS then took the kids away Wouldn't let them go home Wouldn't let them go home Wouldn't let them go home Inside the news hits hard, she's never been more alone Can't afford a new phone card, besides nobody's home Shame and isolation, economic deprivation And there's no more home And there's no more home And there's no more home Preliminary hearing's short, only witness is the cop He doesn't even show up in court and all the charges get dropped What the fuck's the point of all the fucking hell he put her through? Took her whole world away and set her up to start 'round two Wouldn't let her go home Wouldn't let her go home Wouldn't let her go home And now there's no more home They wouldn't let her They wouldn't let her They wouldn't let her, wouldn't let her go home They wouldn't let her They wouldn't let her They wouldn't let her, wouldn't let her go home Wouldn't let her go home Wouldn't let her go home Wouldn't let her go home and now there's no more home