Letra de Adam Raised a Cain (Live at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA - 7/1/1978)
One, two, three, fourSummer that I was baptized My father held me to his side As they put me to the water He said how on that day I criedWe were prisoners of love, a love in chains He was standing in the door, I was standing in the rain With the same hot blood burning in our veinsAdam raised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a CainAll of the old faces Ask you why you're back They fit you with position And the keys to your daddy's CadillacIn 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 relentless as the rainRaised a Cain (yeah) Raised a Cain (yeah) Raised a Cain (yeah) Raised a Cain (yeah)In the Bible, mama, Cain slew Abel East of Eden, mama, he was cast Born into this life paying For the sins of somebody else's pastDaddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame You inherit the sins, you inherit the flamesAdam raised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a Cain (yeah)Lost but not forgotten from the dark heart of a dreamRaised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a Cain (yeah) Adam raised a Cain (yeah)Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain Adam raised a Cain