When I got home there was blood on the door I saw you lying on the kitchen floor I ran down the hallway 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 highway south 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 My and my brother trying to disappear He chose the prophet baby I chose you And 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 and 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 There's a black wind blowing