Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can't even see the reason why
I guess I keep a-gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
It's easier than just waitin' 'round to die
One time, friends, I had a ma, hell, I even had a pa
He beat her with a belt once 'cause she cried
She told him to take care o' me, headed back to Tennessee
It's easier than just waitin' 'round to die
Yeah, I guess it's easier than just waitin' 'round to die
I came of age and I found a girl down in a Tuscaloosa bar
She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly
I tried to k** the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train
It's easier than just waitin' 'round to die
Yeah, it seemed easier than just waitin' 'round to die
Well, a friend said he knew where some easy money was
We robbed a man and, brother, did we fly
But the posse caught up with me, drug my a** back to Muskogee
Now it's two long years waitin' 'round to die
Now it's two long years just waitin' 'round to die
Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie
His name's codeine, he's 'bout the nicest thing I've ever seen
Together, we're gonna wait around to die
Together, we're gonna wait around to die
Together, we're gonna wait around to die
Together, we're gonna wait around to die
Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
It's easier than just waitin' 'round to die