The Be Good Tanyas - Waiting Around to Die

Sometimes I don't know where
This dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I don't know the reason why
So I guess I'll keep gamblin'
Lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
Well, It's easier than just waitin' around to die

Well, 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
Well, It's easier than just waitin' around, to die

Then I became of age and I found a girl
In a Tuscaloosa bar
She cleaned me out and hit in on the sly
Well, I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine
I hopped a train
Well, it was easier than just waitin' around to die

Then 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
And drugged me back to Muskogee
And now it's two long years
Waitin' around to die

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