We were like a pair of shoes, you never saw one of us without the other   We were brothers but we weren't kin   Those neighborhood football games was the only time you might ever see   Us on different teams back then      Oh we'd cuss one another for all that the other was worth   But in our hearts we were only cussin' each other's shirt      I wore blue and he wore brown   But we both knew the colors didn't count   At the end of the day we'd walk away   There was no doubt we were friends for life   I wore blue and he wore brown      We lost touch, I got a job working for the state   He did a crime and got some time, I'd never thought   That waitin' for the transfer bus to arrive at gate number one   When it pulled up he'd step off in the cuffs, oh how I fought      Back the tears as I led him down to cell block three   He said I know you're just doing your job, as I turned the key   And just like those football games that we played in   There we stood on different sides again      And I wore blue and he wore brown   But we both knew the colors didn't count   At the end of the day we'd walk away   There was no doubt we were friends for life   I wore blue and he wore brown      True friends are few and far between   But nothing comes between true friends      I wore blue and he wore brown   But we both knew the colors didn't count   At the end of the day we'd walk away   There was no doubt   I wore blue and he wore brown   I wore blue and he wore brown