Robert Earl Keen – Shades Of Gray (Guitar)

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We made Oklahoma a little after 3

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Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC

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We had some moonshine whisky

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and some of Bob's homegrown

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We were so messed up we didn't know

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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 raving maniac, crazier than hell

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They been kicked out of high school several years ago

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for pushin' over port-a-cans at the 4-H rodeo

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Since then they've done their little dance

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right outside the law

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Popped twice in Oklahoma, once in Arkansas

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and I don't know what possessed me

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to want to tag along

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'Cause I was raised a Christian

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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 and die by shades of gray

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We stole two Charolais heifers from

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Randy's sweetheart's paw

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Sold them at the livestock sale

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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

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we cashed that check

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Next day we heard the story

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on the local radio

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Made our plans that very night

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to go to Mexico

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And I swear we would have made it

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if it wasn't for the shine

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I got sick about the time we crossed

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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 and die by shades of gray

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I was lyin' in the bar ditch

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prayin' I would die

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when a light come on above us

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and a voice come from the sky

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A half a dozen unmarked cars

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came screeching to a halt

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They grabbed Bob, he started screamin'

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it was all my fault

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There were men and dogs

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and helicopters buzzin' all around

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They had the brothers on the

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pickup hood and me down on the ground

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Bob flew all to pieces but

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Randy he held tight

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when a black man in a suit and tie

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stepped out into the light

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He told his men to turn us loose

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they put down their guns

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He said these are just some

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sorry kids, 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 and die by shades of gray

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They left us by the roadside

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downhearted and alone

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Randy got behind the wheel

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Said boys, I'm going home

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We turned around to face our fate

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hungover but alive

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on that mornin' in late April,

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Oklahoma, '95

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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 and die by shades of gray

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  Live and die by shades of gray

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  Live and die by shades of gray