Tommy woke up for school this morning

Put everything he needed in his old backpack

Kitchen had a fried egg waiting for him

And then he pulled out the drive just to never come back

'Til 10 a. m. , it was just another Monday

'Til everybody went to running and locking their doors

Hollow points rained like hell in the hallway

And they found Tommy on the bathroom floor

Tommy made the news, Heaven sang the blues

Tommy's momma cried, the whole damn town did too

What a mess the devil made

what a hell to have to go through

Lord, ain't it a shame Tommy made the news?

Well Tommy could have been someone someday

A CPA or a CEO

Husband and a dad and a deacon on Sunday

Ah, but thanks to a bullet, we'll never know

Never know 'cause

Tommy made the news, Heaven sang the blues

Tommy's momma cried, the whole damn town did too

What a mess the devil made

what a hell to have to go through

Lord, ain't it a shame Tommy made the news? Yeah

Tommy made the news (Ooh, ooh)

There's little red ribbons on everyone's mailbox

Signs in the yards saying, "Wildcat Strong"

Thirteen candlelight lives on the sidewalk

That Tommy took with him 'fore he took his own, mm

Tommy made the news, Heaven sang the blues

And Tommy's momma cried, the whole damn town did too

What a mess the devil made

what a hell to have to go through

And Lord, ain't it a shame Tommy made the news? Yeah

Tommy made the news, mm

Tommy woke up for school this morning

Put everything he needed in his old backpack