Swing

Dear God
Forgive me
I know not what I've done.
I took him out back
Gave him a shave with a skatter gun.
I think hard and hang high.
Till the day they cut me down.
I don't move
I just wait
Hanging on to every sound I hear.

I thought this was
The end of
My life long losing streak.
Well I just trip.
I don't tweak.
And I don't listen to the
Junkie jive dope speak.
I just trip.
I don't tweak.
And I don't listen to the
Junkie jive dope speak.

Whoa whoa
Hangman's noose ain't gonna set me free.
So I'll swing.
Whoa whoa
Devil says, "Boy you ain't gonna work for me"
So I'll swing.
Whoa whoa
Now I know what Abandon meant
So I'll swing
Whoa whoa

This is not
How I thought
That it would end for me.
I'm hanging high
On the rope
Under the holler tree.
Least the river runs
under my dangling feet.
But I thought this was
The end of
My life long losing streak.

Whoa whoa
Hangman's noose ain't gonna set me free.
So I'll swing.
Whoa whoa
Devil says, "Boy you ain't gonna work for me"
So I'll swing.
Whoa whoa
Now I know what abandon meant
So I'll swing
Whoa whoa

Whoa whoa
Hangman's noose ain't gonna set me free.
So I'll swing.
Whoa whoa
Devil says, "Boy you ain't gonna work for me"
So I'll swing.
Whoa whoa
Now I know what abandon meant
So I'll swing
Whoa whoa  

Ghost on the Highway

Life of being an evil man has got me on the run
Wonder if I could be forgave for the things that I have done
If I quit moving baby I think I will surely die
Or end up back in jail again
For god only knows why

He was there when I learned how to drive and when I learned to shoot
He's seen me crush a human skull with the heel of my boot
He's seen me at my lowest point he's seen me riding high
The pavement knows me by my name
We're old friends he and I

Well baby I can't get away from what I did
I can't even hear you talk over voices in my head
Now I hope one day that I can find that little girl I left behind
But the bounty on me says
Alive or dead

I spent some time in Tennessee it's not where I wanna stay
Yeah California's nice and warm but I'll avoid LA
I just thought I'd tell my story
Before I leave you on the side of
A Texas red dirt road

I wish that you could ride. I really miss a gentle touch
But I've been rambling on and on. I think I've said too much
You see this crank has got me saying things that ought not to be said
So I can let you walk on home
Or leave you in a culvert dead

But baby I can't get away from what I did
I can't even hear you talking over voices in my head
Now I hope one day that I can find that little girl I left behind
But the bounty on me says
Alive or dead

But baby I can't get away from what I did
I can't even hear you talking over voices in my head
Now I hope one day that I can find that little girl I left behind
But the bounty on me says
Alive or dead

The bounty on me says
Alive or dead

He Sleeps with the Fishes

It's not my fault

I told her if she ever cheated

I'd kill the sumbitch as soon as I caught up with him

Goddamn I should have weighed him down

Because the motherfuckers floating back up to the top again

I told her if she ever cheated

I'd kill the sumbitch as soon as I caught up with him

Goddamn I should have weighed him down

Because the motherfuckers floating back up to the top again

She was a sweet smiling devil

With dimples in her cheeks

And eyes that stared straight

Through your soul

A dark haired beauty

Damn she'd shake her booty

Everytime she'd walked

Across the floor

I thought I smelled something

When she brought home a junkie

But there's rules even junkies ought to know

If I'd had seen it coming

I'd have sent the boy running

The day he walked through that door

It's not my x7

It's not my fault

I told her if she ever cheated

I'd kill the sumbitch as soon as I caught up with him

Goddamn I should have weighed him down because the motherfukers floating back up to the top again

I told her if she ever cheated

I'd kill the sumbitch as soon as I caught up with him

Goddamn I should have weighed him down

Because the motherfuckers floating back up to the top again

She was a smooth takin lady

The things that she would say to me

Hot damn she had me beggin for more

The way she called me baby

Made eveything go crazy

That's when I lost all control

Turned me into the one thing

I knew that I never wanted to be again

I may sound crazy

But this evil little lady

Got me itchin to take the life of another man

It's not my x7

It's not my fault

I told her if she ever cheated I'd kill the sumbitch as soon as I caught up with him

Goddamn I should have weighed him down because the motherfuckers floating back up to the top again

I told her if she ever cheated

I'd kill the sumbitch as soon as I caught up with him

Goddamn I should have weighed him down

Because the motherfuckers floating back up to the top again

Back up to the top again.

I said the motherfuckers floating back up to the top again

The Dogs

He's been pondering all night long

Whether all is right or all is wrong

He starts to tighten his legs and fists

Nothing he's ever felt compares to this

Cody's been up for way too long

Been doing speed with a taste of heroin

LSD by the sheet

Embalming fluid raw

He was mauled by the dogs he thought he saw

Bassett hounds at six foot three

Zombie Retrievers, mutant Pekingese

They start to chew on his legs and arms

But he lays all alone come to no harm

Because…

Cody's been up for way too long

Been doing speed with a taste of heroin

LSD by the sheet

Embalming fluid raw

He was mauled by the dogs he thought he saw

Cody's been up for way too long

Been doing speed with a taste of heroin

LSD by the sheet

Embalming fluid raw

He was mauled by the dogs he thought he saw