Turnpike Troubadours - Before The Devil Knows We're Dead lyrics
[Turnpike Troubadours - Before The Devil Knows We're Dead lyrics]
Well he was pushing 80, but he acted 22
He could laugh and drink just
Like his grandchildren would do
There was square hay on the meadow
Second cutting of the year
Well his summer work was over once
They got the pasture cleared
They were drinking on the big bluff
Across the river from the field
Well he walked up to the edge and
Threw a stone in and he kneeled
And he looked down at the water
He said boys I'm going in
They were cheering when he jumped but
He did not come up again
Well raise another round boys
And have another glass
Be thankful for today knowing
It will never last
Still lets leave the world laughing
When our eulogies are read
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
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 blacktop
A snakey 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 five feet off the ground
Just a-screaming 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
And have another glass
Be thankful for today knowing
It will never last
Still lets leave the world laughing
When our eulogies are read
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
Well I'm twenty eight years old now
I was born in '84
And I've been free as I can be
And I won't ask for anymore
So let the fiddle play a hoedown
After I've drawn my last breath
Well tell everyone I know that I
Loved them all to death
Well raise another round boys
And have another glass
Be thankful for today knowing
It will never last
Still lets leave the world laughing
When our eulogies are read
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
He could laugh and drink just
Like his grandchildren would do
There was square hay on the meadow
Second cutting of the year
Well his summer work was over once
They got the pasture cleared
They were drinking on the big bluff
Across the river from the field
Well he walked up to the edge and
Threw a stone in and he kneeled
And he looked down at the water
He said boys I'm going in
They were cheering when he jumped but
He did not come up again
Well raise another round boys
And have another glass
Be thankful for today knowing
It will never last
Still lets leave the world laughing
When our eulogies are read
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
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 blacktop
A snakey 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 five feet off the ground
Just a-screaming 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
And have another glass
Be thankful for today knowing
It will never last
Still lets leave the world laughing
When our eulogies are read
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
Well I'm twenty eight years old now
I was born in '84
And I've been free as I can be
And I won't ask for anymore
So let the fiddle play a hoedown
After I've drawn my last breath
Well tell everyone I know that I
Loved them all to death
Well raise another round boys
And have another glass
Be thankful for today knowing
It will never last
Still lets leave the world laughing
When our eulogies are read
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead
May we all get to heaven 'fore
The devil knows we're dead