"Take A Life" lyrics

Same town
Same school
Same seat that sat in on that bluebird bus
Both their daddies worked the factory had the same raising up
But Johnny had some demons buried deep beneath his soul
And took it out on Billy this is how the story goes

It started with a joke about his haircut and his clothes
'Til Billy sat there everyday just eating lunch alone
But Johnny never let up never ran out of jokes to tell
'Til the walls of that ole school turned into Billy's living hell

Sometimes the worst of evil's hidden right there in plain sight
It's hard to see the darkness till it's brighter than the light
Be careful what you say 'cause words they cut like a knife
And you never know which ones are gonna go and take a life

Johnny went to college found a girl and got a job
Had some babies built a big house on a 40-acre lot
Billy stuck around that sleepy town and turned to pills
He never found his way back to the smile that Johnny killed

Sometimes the worst of evil's hidden right there in plain sight
It's hard to see the darkness till it's brighter than the light
Be careful what you say 'cause words they cut like a knife
And you never know which ones are gonna go and take a life

Now Billy's got some demons of his own
He went a dug a couple six-foot holes
He said, "If I'm going out
You're going out
I ain't going out alone"
Out alone

Sometimes the worst of evil's hidden right there in plain sight
It's hard to see the darkness till it's brighter than the light
Be careful what you say 'cause words they cut like a knife
And you never know which ones are gonna go and take a life
Yeah you never know which ones are gonna go and take a life