When I got home there was blood on the door.

I saw you lying on the kitchen floor.

I ran down the hall and when I saw what he did

and found our little bitty baby lying dead in her crib.



There's a black wind blowing.

Oh, there's a black wind blowing.

There's a black wind blowing outside our gates

trying to blow this place into outer space.

There's a black wind blowing.



I didn't bother picking up the phone.

I'm gonna get there first, I want you all alone.

There's gonna be blood on the wall and a ?

Your scripture won't save you when my gun's in your mouth.



There's a black wind blowing.

Oh, there's a black wind blowing.

There's a black wind blowing outside our gates

trying to blow this place into outer space.

There's a black wind blowing.



I was eighteen when I first came here.

Me and my brother trying to disappear.

He chose the profit, baby, I chose you.

From that day I feared what he could do.



There's a black wind blowing.

Oh, there's a black wind blowing.

There's a black wind blowing outside our gates

trying to blow this place into outer space.

There's a black wind blowing.



I took the corner then I gunned it hard.

I drove my truck into your front yard.

You came out running but I was too fast.

I took out your legs and dropped you in the grass.

There were people outside, I heard somebody scream.

My whole life became a movie screen.

I remembered us jumping on our momma's bed.

She was yelling be careful or you'll bump your head.

I put my gun up under your chin.

My hand was shaking so I dug it in.

You started laughing, said I understand.

You wish you couldn't but I know you can.

You can.



There's a black wind blowing.

Oh, there's a black wind blowing.

There's a black wind blowing outside our gates

trying to blow this place into outer space.