We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas planes Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playing in the burning sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls

We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas planes Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playing in the burning sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls

Make it a hurricane before I go insane It's only half past twelve, but I don't care And pour me somethin' tall and strong It's five o'clock somewhere The sun is hot and that ol' clock is movin' slow and so am I Workday passes like molasses in wintertime

I'm a lonely lad I've lost myself out on the range I don't remember much So don't ask me I've gone insane A metamorphosis samurai Y'got a little lord fish and I don't know why I got a Metamorphosis samurai Standing naked in your kitchen Feeling free that

We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas planes Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playing in the burning sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls

Bout a mile off old mill road In that spot nobody knows Park the truck and we take off running Got a moon and a billion stars Sound of steel and old box cars The thought of you is driving me insane Come on baby lets go listen to the night train Hurry up,

You know you like it but it drives you insane What you want, what you gonna do? I'm no fool, no, I'm not a follower I don't take things as they come, if they bring me down Life can be cruel, if you're a dreamer I just wanna have some fun, don't tell me

Hardwired to self-destruct We're so fucked Shit outta luck Self-destruct In the name of desperation In the name of wretched pain In the name of all creation Gone insane

I think that I'm going insane So drink up, so shoot in So glad that you could be so blind So pain told you to take her Well I learned to accept that feeling 'Cause I found how to numb it If only for just a short while I'd get so high I'd forget my name I

Fascinating rhythm, Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm That pit-a-pats through my brain; So darn persistent, The day isn't distant When it'll drive me insane. Comes in the morning Without any warning, And hangs around me all day.