Before the Devil Knows We're Dead
Turnpike Troubadours

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 im going in

They were cheering when he jumped but he did not come up again

Chorus

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

(repeat chorus)

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

(repeat chorus)

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

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