Makes some people go insane
While others quietly pray for rain
That's where we came from
Two boys playin' in the burnin' sun
One with books and one with guns
Mama calls but just one comes
The other one runs
With the Christian sense of wrong and right
We were born and raised in black and white
One learned to pray, one learned to fight
We were born and raised in black and white
My brother took to the gospel road
He spent his whole life savin' soul
When he looked at me and his blood ran cold
He didn't even try
I had no dreams and I had no plans
But a gun felt good in my right hand
The warden said, "How come you killed that man?"
I said, "I don't know why"
"Well, welcome home", said the hot moonlight
We were born and raised in black and white
One lives to pray, one wakes to die
We were born and raised in black and white
We were born and raised in black and white
Someone handed me a cigarette
They offered me my last request
I asked my mortal soul be blessed
By someone close to me
I came to him with tremblin' hands
I swore I’d never understand
He said, "It’s just what life had planned"
It’s destiny
So don’t waste your tears on me tonight
We were born and raised in black and white
You chose the dark, I chase the light
We were born and raised in black and white
We were born and raised in black and white
Wind blows hard across the Texas plains
Makes some people go insane
While others quietly pray for rain
The wind blows hard across the Texas plains Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playin' in the burnin' sun One with books and one with guns Mama calls but just one comes The other one runs With the Christian sense of wrong and right We were born and raised in black and white One learned to pray, one learned to fight We were born and raised in black and white My brother took to the gospel road He spent his whole life savin' soul When he looked at me and his blood ran cold He didn't even try I had no dreams and I had no plans But a gun felt good in my right hand The warden said, "How come you killed that man?" I said, "I don't know why" "Well, welcome home", said the hot moonlight We were born and raised in black and white One lives to pray, one wakes to die We were born and raised in black and white We were born and raised in black and white Someone handed me a cigarette They offered me my last request I asked my mortal soul be blessed By someone close to me I came to him with tremblin' hands I swore I’d never understand He said, "It’s just what life had planned" It’s destiny So don’t waste your tears on me tonight We were born and raised in black and white You chose the dark, I chase the light We were born and raised in black and white We were born and raised in black and white Wind blows hard across the Texas plains Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain Explain Request ×
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