Shades Of Gray Lyrics - Cry Cry Cry

We made Oklahoma a little after three 

Randy, his brother Bob, and my old GFC 

We had some moonshine whiskey and some of Bob's homegrown 

We were so messed up we didn't know if we were drunk or stoned 

Randy was a sad sack - tall, kinda frail 

Bob was a raving maniac, crazier than hell 

We been kicked out of high school several years ago 

For kicking over port-o-cans at the 4-H rodeo 

Since they done the little dance right outside the law 

Popped twice in Oklahoma and once in Arkansas 

And I don't know what possessed me to want to tag along 

'Cause I was raised a Christian, and I knew right from wrong 

[Chorus] 

Right or wrong, black or white 

Cross the line, you're gonna pay 

Into the dawn before the light 

Live or die by shades of gray 

We stole two Charolais heifers 

From Randy's sweetheart's pa 

And sold them at the livestock sale outside of Wichita 

We got nine hundred dollars and never did suspect 

The world of hurt we'd be in once we cashed that check 

Next day we heard the story on the local radio 

And made our plans that very night to go to Mexico 

And I swear we would've made it if it wasn't for the shine 

I got sick about the time we crossed that Kansas line 

[Chorus] 

I was lying in the bar ditch, praying I would die 

When a light came on above us 

And a voice called from the sky 

A half dozen unmarked cars came screeching to a halt 

They grabbed Bob, he started screaming that it was my fault 

There were men and dogs and helicopters flying all around 

They had the brothers on the pickup hood 

And me on the ground 

Then Bob flew all to pieces, but Randy - he held tight 

When a black man in a suit and tie stepped into the light 

He told his men to turn us loose 

And they put down their guns 

He said these are just some sorry kids 

They ain't the ones 

[Chorus] 

They left us by the roadside downhearted and alone 

Randy got behind the wheel, said, "Boys, I'm going home." 

So we turned 'round and faced our fate, hung over but alive 

On that morning Oklahoma, late April ninety-five