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 s 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 i ll take your money but i don t want your pity i just need to know that all this running that 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