ADAM RAISED A CAIN

Outtake version

In the summer that I was baptized, my father held me to his side
And later as I grew older, he tell me 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 (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)

All of the old faces ask you why you're back
And they fit you with position and the keys to your daddy's Cadillac
In the darkness of your own room your mother calls you by your true name
She knows you didn't come back, it's all a little game*
You remember the faces, you remember the names
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)

(Yeahhh...)
In the Bible, mamma, Cain slew Abel but East of Eden, mamma, 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 haunts these empty rooms rattling these chains*
You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)

Lost but not forgotten from the dark heart of a dream
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain (yeah)
Adam raised a Cain
(Whooaaaaaa)
(Whooaaaaaa)
(Whooaaaaaa)
(Whooaaaaaa)
[fades out]

The above lyrics refer to the outtake version that was recorded in Aug 1977 at Atlantic Studios, New York City, NY. This version has some different lyrics from the official one that was recorded later at The Record Plant, New York City, NY, and that was released on the album. It can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 3 and The Lost Masters Essential Collection bootlegs.

* Lyrics variations from the album's version.

Check out the album's version (more details), live 07 Jul 1978 version, live 28 Feb 1988 version, live 28 Jun 1988 version, live 01 Jun 1993 version, live 11 Feb 1997 version, live 01 Sep 1999 version, and live 19 Feb 2003 version.