Lyrics

RAISING HER A CAIN

Jenkins, Seighman






SHE WAS SO SCARED AS SHE LAID THERE
WATER RISING UP ON THE BACK STAIRS
HER MOTHER KNELT DOWN BY THAT OLD BED
WIPPED THE SWEAT FROM OFF OF HER FOREHEAD
KEEP PUSHING HARDER, YELLED OLD DOC CARTER
AS SHE GAVE OUT ONE LAST SCREAM
BY THE CANDLE LIGHT A BOY WAS BORN THAT NIGHT
SHE CRIED OUT, I THINK I?LL NAME HIM CAIN

CHORUS:

THEY SAY THAT NIGHT THAT A LEGEND WAS BORN
THAT ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE
IN THE EYE OF THAT STORM
FOLKS STILL SHUDDER
AT THE MENTION OF HIS NAME
THEY ALL KNEW
SHE WAS RAISING HER A CAIN

SHE BORE A BAD SEED, FULL OF HATE AND GREED
COLD BLOODED CUT YOUR THROAT IN A HEARTBEAT
SPILLED HIS FIRST BLOOD WHEN HE WAS JUST TEN
THEN STOLE THE PENNIES OFF THE EYES OF THE DEAD MAN
DEALT HIS OWN FATE, DREW ACES AND EIGHTS
ONE STORMY NIGHT NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS
FOUR MEN GRABBED HIM, THREE MEN STABBED HIM
LEFT HIM ON THE BANKS OF THE PONTCHARTRAIN

CHORUS:

THEY SAY THAT NIGHT THAT A LEGEND WAS BORN
THAT ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE
IN THE EYE OF THAT STORM
FOLKS STILL SHUDDER
AT THE MENTION OF HIS NAME
THEY ALL KNEW
SHE WAS RAISING HER A CAIN








BRIDGE:

SHE TOLD THE LAW HE FOUND RELIGION
WAS ABLE TO CHANGE HIS WAYS
BUT THE STORY I HEARD WAS HE HEADED NORTH
TO RIDE WITH JESSIE JAMES


CHORUS:

THEY SAY THAT NIGHT THAT A LEGEND WAS BORN
THAT ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE
IN THE EYE OF THAT STORM
FOLKS STILL SHUDDER AT THE MENTION OF HIS NAME
THEY ALL KNEW
SHE WAS RAISING HER A CAIN

YEAH FOLKS STILL SHUDDER AT THE MENTION OF HIS NAME
THEY ALL NEW SHE WAS RAISING HER A CAIN
THEY ALL NEW SHE RAISED HER A CAIN
RAISED HER A CAIN
RAISED HER A CAIN