Black Sheep

[Verse 1]
Brother's got a degree on the office wall Sister's got a trophy inside the hall Mama's got pictures of them looking neat And then there's me, staring at my feet I never fit the mold, never wore the suit I was always looking for the forbidden fruit They go to church on Sunday at ten I'm sleeping off the whiskey and the sin

[Chorus]
I'm the Black Sheep, baby, in a flock of white I'm the one who howls in the middle of the night Wool is dyed in the dirt and the smoke I'm the punchline of the family joke But the wolf don't bother the sheep in the dark He comes to me 'cause he sees the spark Yeah, I stand out, I don't blend in I'm wearing my colors on my skin Black Sheep

[Verse 2]
They talk in whispers when I come to town "There he goes, dragging the family down" But I'm the one they call when the tire goes flat Or a fight breaks out, imagine that I got street smarts, they got book smarts I got a wild beat in my heart I wouldn't trade my freedom for their praise I'm walking through my own kind of maze

[Chorus]
I'm the Black Sheep, baby, in a flock of white I'm the one who howls in the middle of the night Wool is dyed in the dirt and the smoke I'm the punchline of the family joke But the wolf don't bother the sheep in the dark He comes to me 'cause he sees the spark Yeah, I stand out, I don't blend in I'm wearing my colors on my skin Black Sheep

[Bridge]
Ba ba black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full One for the road, one for the pain And one for the glory of the rain

[Guitar Solo - Blues/Rock style]

[Outro]
Keep your white wool. I like the dark. Black Sheep.