Dead

I might be dead, might be dead, might be dead

By the time you hear this song

I bring a knife to a fistfight

But lately my baby bring her gun

Yeah, she's a cold hearted killer

She'll play you out and just move on

So if I'm dead, if I'm dead, if I'm dead

By the time you hear this song

Tell 'em I was strong to the bitter end

Tell 'em I believed on these six strings and every word I said

Yeah, it was my greatest fault and my greatest gift

And I died like a fool for it

So tell 'em how I lived

I might be dead, might be dead, might be dead

By the time the music stops

And the only way you'll see me

Is in a casket or in a plastic box

So if I'm dead, if I'm dead, if I'm dead

By the time you hear this song

Tell 'em I was strong to the bitter end

Tell 'em I believed on these six strings and every word I said

Yeah, it was my greatest fault and my greatest gift

And I died like a fool for it

So tell 'em

It was my greatest fault and my greatest gift

And I died like a fool for it

So tell 'em how I lived

You tell 'em how I lived

Let's get it straight

I'll take your money, but I

Don't want your pity

Don't need your sympathy

I just need to know

That all this running was for something

(Don't play me for a fool)

I'll take your money, but I

(Don't want your sympathy)

Don't want your pity

I just need to know

That all this running

All this running was for something

But maybe I'll never know

Tell 'em I was strong to the beautiful end

Tell 'em I believed on these six strings and every word I said

Yeah, it was my greatest fault and my greatest gift

And I died like a fool for it

So tell 'em

It was my greatest fault and my greatest gift

And I died like a fool for it

So tell 'em how I lived

You tell 'em how I lived

Dead, might be dead

By the time you hear this song, I might be dead

I bring a knife to a fistfight

But lately my baby, she bring a gun

Dead, might be dead

By the time you hear this song, I might be dead

Dead, might be dead and gone