Bruce Springsteen - Adam Raised A Chain lyrics

In the summer that I was baptizedMy father held me to his side

As they put me to the waterHe said how on that day I cried

We were prisoners of love a love in chains

He was standin' in the door I was standin' in the rain

With the same hot blood burning in our veinsAdam raised a Cain

All of the old facesAsk you why you're backThey fit you with position

And the keys to your daddy's CadillacIn the darkness of your room

Your mother calls you by your true name

You remember the faces the places the names

You know it's never over it's relentless as the rainAdam raised a Cain

In the Bible Cain slew AbelAnd East of Eden he was cast

You're born into this life payingFor the sins of somebody else's past

Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain

Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame

You inherit the sins you inherit the flamesAdam raised a Cain

Lost but not forgotten from the dark heart of a dreamAdam raised a Cain