Who Locked The Boys Out?

Once I saw some boys Outside a gate They had come to school But they were very late Everywhere was closed All about It caused me to wonder Who locked the boys out? I saw a group On the outside It was graduation day But they had come to play The girls were inside ready to go But for the boys it was not so They were outside walking all about I asked who locked the boys out? I observed some boys Wasting their lives away For them Life was only about play In school they refused to learn Diminishing their ability to earn Their decisions caused them to loose their clout Tell me, tell me who looked the boys out? I noticed a gang At the corner of a street They had gathered together There to meet Only profanity Came out of their mouth I asked the question Who locked the boys out? I found some lads In a prison cell Who confided in me That they were living in 'hell' They longed to be flourishing and free Instead they were chained in misery Staked out in a desert's deadly drought Will somebody please tell me who locked the boys out? Too many boys all around the world Are on the outside looking in Reaping the harvest Of their fathers sin Some are tying to get in But their chances seem so slim So I ask with a serious, solemn shout Who locked the boys out?