The Wrath of the Van Pattens Lyrics

Steve and Lilly Van Patten had three children

And in a matter of months, they'd already killed them

By keeping them tied up and keeping them hidden

Locked up in a room, their home was a prison

They never left once or even saw the kitchen

They were found by the cops in the worst of conditions

Tied to a post in the fetal position

Pale skin and bones from malnutrition

In a broken down trailer where their parents were missin'

And no one was ever born bad in nature

And we were all conceived from above

But it's a cruel, cruel world into which we're hurled

And everybody only wants love

Steve and Lilly Van Patten met in Manhattan

They got pregnant with triplets they thought that they wanted

But they changed their minds by the time they got 'em

And the three little babies were soon all forgotten

Lilly was fond of her pills and Steve loved his bottle

And the babies were just in the way of their freedom

So they locked them away so they didn't have to see them

And you wonder just why, and what is the reason

For the kids needed them, but they didn't need the children

And some families go through life as strangers

And it's hard to be alone on this earth

But some children are left to be killed to their death

By the very ones who gave them birth

And what will become of the three little children?

Will they ever be graced with a father or mother?

Will they ever be able to ever recover?

Did they do something wrong that they deserved to suffer?

That the Van Pattens left them all of a sudden

And the kids only wanted somebody to love them

And although it is written that they will be forgiven

I just can't help but wonderin' what I'm missin'

Why do good people die when bad ones keep livin'?

And the children die at the hands of their parents

And not a tear do the Van Pattens mourn

And in that very same house, by the very same parents

Another three children are born