Songwriters: Zandt Van, Townes;    Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is takin' me  Sometimes I can't even see the reason why  I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin'  Well, it's easier than just waitin' 'round 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 and headed down to Tennessee  It's easier than just waitin' 'round to die    I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar  She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly  I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train  Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die    A friend said he knew where some easy money was  We robbed a man and brother did we fly  But the posse caught up with me and drug me back to Muskogee  It's two long years of waitin' 'round 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 is codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen  Yeah, together we're gonna wait around and die  Yeah, together we're gonna wait around and die        © SILVER DOLLAR MUSIC INC;    these lyrics are submitted by mta_mta