"Adam Raised A Cain" lyrics

In the summer when I was baptized
My father held me to his side
As they put me to the water
He said that 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 runnin' 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 your 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 endless as the rain

Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain

In the Bible, Cain slew Abel
And east of Eden, Lord, he was cast
You're born into this life payin'
For the sins of somebody else's past

Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain
Now he walks these empty rooms lookin' for something to blame
You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames

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
Adam raised a Cain
Adam raised a Cain

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Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh