Turnpike Troubadours “Before the Devil Knows We're Dead”
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WELL HE WAS PUSHING 80 BUT HE ACTED 22 HE COULD LAUGH AND DRINK JUST LIKE HIS GRANDCHILDREN DO THERE WAS SQUARE HAY ON THE MEADOW SECOND CUTTING OF THE YEAR WELL THE SUMMER WORK WAS OVER ONCE THEY GOT THE PASTURE CLEAR THEY WAS DRINKING ON THE BIG BLUFF CROSS THE RIVER FROM THE FIELDS WELL HE WALKED UP TO THE EDGE THREW A STONE IN AND HE KNEELED THEN HE LOOKED DOWN AT THE WATER SAID BOYS I'M GOING IN THEY WERE CHEERING WHEN HE JUMPED BUT HE DID NOT COME UP AGAIN WELL RAISE ANOTHER ROUND BOYS HAVE ANOTHER GLASS BE THANKFUL FOR TODAY KNOW THAT IT'LL NEVER LAST THEN LET'S LEAVE THE WORLD A LAUGHING WHEN OUR EULOGIES ARE READ MAY WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS WE'RE DEAD MAY WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS WE'RE DEAD
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WELL IT WAS 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT THEY WERE GOING 85 SHE WAS BARELY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WANTING BAD TO FEEL ALIVE JUST A TWO LANE PIECE OF BLACK TOP A SNAKY STRETCH OF ROAD WELL THE WIND BLEW THROUGH THE WING VENTS IT WAS CLEAR AND FRESH AND COLD WELL THE DRIVER KILLED THE HEADLIGHTS AND HE PUT THE THROTTLE DOWN WHEN THEY HIT THE RAILROAD CROSSING THEY WERE 5 FEET OFF THE GROUND JUST A SCREAMIN THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT TIL THEY CAME DOWN AGAIN WELL THE FRONT TIRE HIT A BAR DITCH THEY WENT END OVER END WELL RAISE ANOTHER ROUND BOYS HAVE ANOTHER GLASS BE THANKFUL FOR TODAY KNOW THAT IT'LL NEVER LAST THEN LET'S LEAVE THE WORLD A LAUGHING WHEN OUR EULOGIES ARE READ MAY WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS WE'RE DEAD MAY WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS WE'RE DEAD
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WELL I'M 30 SOME YEARS OLD NOW I WAS BORN IN '84 AND IVE BEEN FREE AS I CAN BE AND I WONT ASK FOR ANYMORE SO LET THE FIDDLE PLAY A HOEDOWN AFTER I'VE DRAWN MY LAST BREATH BUT TELL EVERYONE I KNOW, LORD I LOVE YOU ALL TO DEATH AND RAISE ANOTHER ROUND BOYS HAVE ANOTHER GLASS BE THANKFUL FOR TODAY KNOW THAT IT'LL NEVER LAST THEN LET'S LEAVE THE WORLD A LAUGHING WHEN OUR EULOGIES ARE READ MAY WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS WE'RE DEAD MAY WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS WE'RE DEAD MAY WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS WE'RE DEAD MAY WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS WE'RE DEAD
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-THANKS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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