Cherryholmes - Black And White lyrics

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Oh, 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