sometimes i don t know where this dirty road is taking me sometimes i can t even see the reason why i guess i keep a gamblin lots of booze and lots of ramblin it s easier than just waitin around to die 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 headed down to tennessee it s easier than just waitin around to die i came of age and i found a girl in a tuscaloosa bar she cleaned me out and hit in on the sly i tried to kill the pain bought some wine and hopped a train seemed easier than just waitin around to die a friend said he knew where some easy money was we robbed a man and brother did we fly the posse caught up with me and drug me back to muskogee it s two long years i ve been waitin around to die now i m out of prison i got me a friend at last he don t drink or steal or cheat or lie his name s codine he s the nicest thing i ve seen together we re gonna wait around and die together we re gonna wait around and die