Down at the station last week A man from a university Came to teach all the deputies About Alice Came to teach us all about Alice Back in the days of Columbine We taught schools to duck and hide, kill the lights, be quiet, there's a bad guy But now we teach em' all Alice The data gave us Alice I grew up here in Sheridan County district one And we fielded nine on our football team but boy we could run It's late September and school's in full swing There's a chill in the air October's coming I tell my boys down at the station don't be dumb If you pull over a truck this time a year best assume they've got a gun It's hunting season In Wyoming I remember I remember when we were boys And Dad would take us out before class And we'd hold guns and laugh and shoot squirrels and dirt And I never once thought that bullets were to hurt other people We'd leave em' unlocked in the high school parking lot all day And my heart breaks For Alice My heart breaks for Alice I woke up in a sweat at 2am I dreamed district one had an incident The bells were ringing and the phones blew up And all of the neighbors came running with their guns And I was stuck on a lead driving east on 14 And the mountains just rose and rose and I couldn't break free And they echoed with the foot falls and the bullets and the screams And all I could do was pray For Alice For Alice