Shades Of Gray

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We made Oklahoma a little after three 
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Randy his brother Bob in my old GMC 
 
We had some moonshine whiskey 
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Some of Bob's homegrown 
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We were so messed up we didn't know if we were drunk or stoned  
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Randy was a sad sack tall kinda frail 
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Bob was a ravin' maniac, crazier than hell 
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They'd been kicked outta high school several years ago 
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For  kickin' over porta-cans at the 4H rodeo  
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Since then they done their little dance right outside the law 
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Popped  twice in Oklahoma and once in Arkansas 
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And I don't know what possessed me to want to tag along 
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Cause  I was raised a Christian and I knew right from wrong  
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Right or wrong black or  white 
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Cross the line you're gonna pay 
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In the dawn before the light 
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Live or die by shades of gray  
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We stole two charolais heifers 
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From Randy's sweetheart's pa 
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And sold them at the livestock sales outside of Wichita 
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We got nine hundred dollars and never did suspect 
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The world of hurt we'd be in once we cashed that check 
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Next day we heard the story on the local radio 
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And made our plans that very night to go to Mexico 
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And I swear we would've made it if it wasn't for the shine 
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I got sick about the time we crossed that Kansas line 
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Right or wrong black or  white 
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Cross the line you're gonna pay 
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In the dawn before the light 
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Live or die by shades of gray  
 
SOLO 
     
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I was lying in the bar ditch praying I would die 
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When a light came on above us 
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And a voice called from the sky 
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A half dozen unmarked cards came screeching to a halt 
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They grabbed Bob he started screaming that it was my fault 
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There were men and dogs and helicopters flying all around 
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They had the brothers on the pickup hood 
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And me on the ground 
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Then Bob flew all to pieces but Randy he held tight 
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When a black man in a suit and tie stepped into the light 
  
He told his men to turn us loose 
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And they put down their guns 
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He said these are just some sorry kids 
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They ain't the ones 
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Right or wrong black or  white 
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Cross the line you're gonna pay 
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In the dawn before the light 
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Live or die by shades of gray  
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They left us by the roadside downhearted and alone 
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Randy got behind the wheel said boys I'm going home 
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So we turned round and faced our fate hung over but alive 
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On that morning Oklahoma late April nintry five 
 
 
From Cry Cry Cry 
Razor & Tie Records 1998 
Keen Edge Music (BMI)