Cain

Cain. Oh Cain.

Verse 1 We shared a bottom bunk and a busted clock Same split lip from the same man's talk You taught me how to hotwire a Ford in the rain I taught you nothing worth your name Mama called you Abel like a hopeful joke Called me the other one under her breath when she spoke You wore the good shirt to her funeral suit I wore the one with the engine grease that wouldn't come loose

Pre-Chorus You were the first hand I ever held Now you're the first I cannot tell

Chorus Cain, oh Cain, we wore the same Same dirt road, same given name One of us was always going to fall I just never thought I'd be the one to make the call

Verse 2 You sent me a Christmas card with no return A pawn ticket inside it I was meant to learn You always asked for money like you asked for air Like the asking proved that somebody was there I kept your number in a phone I drowned I keep your laugh somewhere I won't let it be found They tell me what you did and ask me if it's true I say I had a brother once. I don't say it was you.

Pre-Chorus You were the first hand I ever held Now you're the first I cannot tell

Chorus Cain, oh Cain, we wore the same Same dirt road, same given name One of us was always going to fall I just never thought I'd be the one to make the call

Bridge The Bible's wrong about us, brother It says one of us gets marked and walks away It never says the other one stays up Loving the very face he has to pay It never says The mark is on the one who lives Cain, oh Cain, we wore the same Same dirt road, same given name One of us was always going to fall I just never thought I'd be the one to make the call

Outro The one to make the call

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