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 at 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   Me and my brother trying to disappear   He chose the prophet, 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 mama'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   There's a black wind blowing