Lyrics Shades Of Gray - Robert Earl Keen

Shades Of Gray

We made Oklahoma a little after 3
Randy and his brother Bob in my old GMC
We had some moonshine whiskey
And some of Bob’s homegrown
So messed up we didn’t know
If we were drunk or stoned
Randy was a sad sack, tall and kinda frail
Bob was a raving maniac crazy in the head
They been kicked out of high school several years ago
For pushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H Rodeo!
Since then they done their little dance
Right outside the Law
Popped twice in Oklahoma and once in Arkansas
And I don’t know what possessed me
To want to tag along
Cause I was raised a Christian
And I knew right from wrong
RIGHT OR WRONG BLACK OR WHITE
Cross the line your gonna pay
In the dawn before the light
LIVE OR DIE BY SHADES OF GRAY!
Stole two Charlois heifers, from
Randy’s sweetheart’s paw
Sold them at a livestock sale
Outside of Wichita
We got $ 900 dollars and ever did suspect
A world of hurt we’d be in once
We cashed the check
Next day, we heard the story
On the local radio
Made our plans that very night
To go to Mexico
I swear we would have made it
If it wasn’t for that shine
I got sick about the time we crossed
The Kansas Line
I was laying in a bar ditch
Praying I would die
When a light came on above
And a voice come from the sky
Half dozen unmarked cars
Came screechin to a halt
Bob he started screamin
It was all my fault
There were men and dogs
And helicopters buzzin all around
They had the brothers on the pickup hood
And me down on the ground
Well Bob he flew all to pieces
And Randy he held tight
When a black man in a suit and tie
Stepped out into the light
He told his men to turn us loose
And they put down their guns
He said these are just some sorry kids
They ain’t the ones
They left us the roadside
Downhearted and alone
Randy got behind the wheel
Said guys I’m going home
We turned to face our fate
Hungover but alive
On that morning late April
Oklahoma 95
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