Hank Williams died when I was five   He sang, "I'll never get out of this world alive"   Now it's been a long time since I was a kid   And I've seen a lot more than Hank ever did   I've done the down and out in every dark end dive   But I'll never get out of your love alive      Sam Coke met the woman at the well   She told him that his song was something he could never sell   And I think he knew a change was gonna come   Still he lived too fast and he died too young   Well, dying young I have survived   But I'll never get out of your love alive      I got washed in the blood of Bill Monroe   When he sang about the the blues in my body and soul   He believed in a God that could raise the dead   "Still it's a mighty dark night to travel", he said   I've seen a mighty dark night and I made that drive   But I'll never get out of your love alive      Robert Johnson had a hell hound on his trail   Drove him to the coffin like a hammer and a nail   It takes a powerful man to carry that load   When you're trying to beat the devil to the old crossroads   I wrestled the devil lived to testify   But I'll never get out of your love alive   I'll never get out of your love alive      Oh, I'll never get out of your love alive   I'll never get out of your love alive