Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can't even see the reason why
Well, I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die

One time, friends, I had a ma, I even had a pa
He beat her with a belt once cause she cried
She told him to take care of me, she headed down to Tennessee
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die

I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar
She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly
I tried to kill the pain, I bought some booze and hopped a train
That's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die

Then a friend said he knew where some easy money was
We robbed a man and, brother, did we fly
The posse caught up with me, drug me back to Muskogee
It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die

Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
He don't drink or cheat or steal or lie
His name is codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen
And together we're gonna wait around and die
Together we're gonna wait around and die
Together we're gonna wait around and die