We were like a pair of shoes you never saw one of us
Without the other we were brothers but we weren't kin
Those neighborhood football games was the only time
You might ever see us on different teams back then
Ah we'd cuss one another for all that the other was worth
But in our hearts we were only cussing each other's shirt

I wore blue and he wore brown
But we both knew the colors didn't count
At the end of the day we'd walk away
There was no doubt that we were friends for life
I wore blue and he wore brown

We lost touch I got a job working for the state
He did a crime got some time oh I'd never thought
That waitin' for the transfer bus to arrive at gate number one
When it pulled up he'd stop off in cuffs oh how I fought
Back the tears as I led him down the cell block three
He said I know you're just doing your job as I turned the key
And just like those football games again we played in
There we stood on different sides again

I wore blue and he wore brown
But we both knew the colors didn't count
At the end of the day we'd walk away
There was no doubt that we were friends for life
I wore blue and he wore brown

True friends are few and far between
But nothing comes between true friends

I wore blue and he wore brown
But we both knew the colors didn't count
At the end of the day we'd walk away
There was no doubt that we were friends for life
I wore blue and he wore brown