CHORUS

Half of my blood is Cain's blood

Half of my blood is Abel's

One eye looks to Heaven

One eye looks for trouble

Sweet mother, she sang in the Sunday choir

On her head was a halo, she spoke brimstone and fire

Daddy lived by the bottle, Daddy died by the barn

Well, he froze one night, Mama said "Serves him

right"

"The devil can keep him warm"

CHORUS

Guess I always saw myself as a simple man

But there's a man in the mirror I don't understand

Every day I fight it, but I know down deep

It's the secrets I've been keeping

Rising from their sleep

CHORUS

There's an angel and a devil playing tug of war with

my soul (Half of my blood is Cain's blood)

The battle rages on each and every day (Half of my blood is Abel's)

It's all I can do just to try to maintain control (Half of my blood is

Cain's

blood)

My one and only hope(one and only hope) is to my knees and pray