In the summer that I was baptized
  my father held me to his side
  As they put me to the water
  he 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 veins
  Adam raised a Cain
    All of the old faces
  ask you why you're back
  They fit you with position
  and the keys to your daddy's Cadillac
  In 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 rain
  Adam raised a Cain
    In the Bible Cain slew Abel
  and East of Eden he was cast
  You're born into this life paying
  for 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 flames
  Adam raised a Cain
    Lost but not forgotten, from the dark heart of a dream
  Adam raised a Cain