We only take what we need In black and white The city bleeds Love cuts you down to the bone And walks these streets With the eyes of a hunter Bad blood flows from The father to the son How red the river runs, yeah Love was the law For sinners and saints Dead man's hand holds Aces & eights We're bound by wire, blood and fate Hanging on to nothing Aces & eights We let each other bleed And watch our bones Fall in the dust You can hear the children howl It's all they see In the hour of the wolf Bad blood flows from The father to the son How red the river runs, yeah Love was the law For sinners and saints The dead man's hand holds Aces & eights We're bound by wire, blood and fate Hanging on to nothing Love was the law Sinners and saints Dead man's hand holds Aces & eights We're bound by wire, blood and fate Hanging on to nothing Hey, aces & eights Daytime Nighttime Standing in line At the border I wanna lay down the law I wanna tell 'em how it should be Bad blood flows from The father to the son How red the river runs, yeah Love was the law Love was the law For sinners and saints The dead man's hand holds Aces & eights We're bound by wire, blood and fate Hanging on to nothing Love was the law For sinners and saints The dead man's hand holds Aces & eights We're bound by wire, blood and fate Hanging on to nothing Aces & eights Hey, aces & eights Hey, aces & eights Uw, yeah, aces & eights Aces & eights