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 standing in the door, I was standing in the rain, with the same hot blood burning in our veins, Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain 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, its relentless as the rain, Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain    in the bible Cain slew Able, And east of Eden Momma he was cast, you're born into this life paying, for the sins of someone elses past daddy worked his whole life, for nothing but the pain,* now he walkes these empty rooms, looking for something to blame, you inherit the sins, you inherit the pain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Lost but not forgotten, from the dark heart of a dream Adam raised a Cain       Adam raised a Cain