Adam Raised A Cain

In the summer that i was baptized my father held me to his side

As they put me to the water he said how on that day i cried

We were prisoners of love a love in chains

He was standin' in the door i was standin' in the rain

With the same hot blood burning in our veins

Adam raised a cain



All of the old faces ask you why you're back

They fit you with position and the keys to your daddy's cadillac

In the darkness of your room your mother calls you by your true name

You remember the faces the places the names

You know it's never over it's relentless as the rain

Adam raised a cain



In the bible cain slew abel and east of eden he was cast

You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past

Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain

Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame

You inherit the sins you inherit the flames

Adam raised a cain



Lost but not forgotten from the dark heart of a dream

Adam raised a cain


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