Cherryholmes - Black And White lyrics
rate meOh, let me tell my story friend<br />
That you might learn to stay away from sin<br />
I took a life not mine to take<br />
Imprisoned for this haunting dread mistake<br />
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My heart was harder than my soul<br />
They sentenced me to life without parole<br />
Where no one cares, we’re all the same<br />
And I must wear this number for my name<br />
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Chorus : <br />
Now life to me is black and white<br />
I’ll wear these stripes until the day I die<br />
But this ball and chain around my leg <br />
Won’t drag me down, won’t drag me down<br />
When I am dead<br />
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My mother prayed so hard for me<br />
She did her time down on bended knees<br />
But I was young and I had no fear<br />
Her pleading voice still echoes in my ear<br />
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Don’t let the beauty blind your eyes<br />
This world is filled with discolored lies<br />
For greener fields don’t sell your soul<br />
You’ll think you’re rich with a pocket of fool’s gold<br />
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Chorus<br />
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I’d rather be in this dark cell<br />
Than to be free and die and go to hell<br />
God bless the day of my new birth<br />
I don’t have to pay the price that I deserve<br />
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Chorus<br />
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Ending:<br />
And when I’m dead and take my flight<br />
I’ll leave behind this world of black and white