We made Oklahoma a little after 3   Randy, his brother Bob and my old GMC   We had some moonshine whisky   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, crazy in the head   They been kicked out of high school several years ago   For pushin over port-a-cans at the 4-H rodeo   Since then they've done their little dance    Right outside the law   Popped twice in Oklahoma, 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 your gonna pay   In the dawn before the light   Live and die by the shades of gray   We stole two Charolais heifers from    Randy's sweetheart's paw   Sold them at the livestock sale   Outside of Wichita      We got $900 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   Made our plans that very night    To go to Mexico   I swear we would have made it   If it wasn't for that shine   I got sick about the time we crossed    That Kansas line      CHORUS      I was layin in the bar ditch   Prayin I would die   When a light come on above us   And a voice come from the sky   A half a dozen unmarked cars   Came screeching to a halt   They grabbed bob, he started screamin   It was all my fault      There were men and dogs    And helicopter buzzin all around   They had the brothers on the   Pickup hood and me down on the ground   Bob flew all to pieces but randy he   Held tight when a black man in a   Suit and tie stepped out into the light   He told his men to turn us loose   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   Down hearted and alone   Randy got behind the wheel   Said boys I'm going home   We turned around to face our fate   Downhearted but alive on that   Mornin in late April, Oklahoma, 1995      CHORUS