I heard it on the radio
It was just a little while ago
They said you took your life
But I know they took it from you
They said you robbed a grocery store
Left the clerk lying dead in the middle of the floor
Someone said they saw you running away
So they locked you up and threw the key away

Oh Today they killed an innocent man
Yeah Today they killed an innocent man

I saw it on the late night news
Everybody there looked quite confused
They found you hanging from a sheet
A turned over stool beneath your feet
Glassy eyes and a dead man's smile
The end result of an innocents trial
So justice ends another day
It don't matter who as long as somebody pays

Oh Today they killed an innocent man
Yeah Today they killed an innocent man