1, 2, 3, 4      When I was a boy years of 6 years or so   With my lunch box and my crayons to school I did go   The nuns they didnt like my free and foolish ways   It was their duty to tryand change my ways   I recited the Our Father, the Apostles Creed   When I got it wrong their rulers made my knuckles bleed   Couldn't read or write, couldnt keep my own shoes tied   They would start their preaching when I told them that I tried      The road to hell is paved with good intentions   You won't see the pearly gates unless you change your ways   You can think about it while you're in detention   The road to hell is paved with good intentions      When I was a lad of 15 years or so    I was working painting houses for Mr. Donahough   I thought it was real grand to be earning my own keep   But when Donahough saw my work I swear it made him weep   Paint was splattered everywhere that you could see   So he kicked me in the arse and yelled for me to leave   I tried my best he said and he grabbed me by my scruff   Shook me while he screamed your best ain't nearly good enough      The road to hell is paved with good intentions   You won't earn no money boy unless you change your ways   Pay your dues and than pay some attention   The road to hell is paved with good intentions      I loved a pretty girl but I knew it wouldn't last   She left me for another before a year had passed   She couldn't take my drinking and me stayin out too late   I told her I could change but she said it was too late   Now I've lived a rowdy life and I've lived it to the end   And I'll die with no regrets of my time and money spent   So if you've got a minute, pay a visit to my grave   Look upon the headstone and see there what it says      The road to hell is paved with good intentions   I tried to live the good life but it just was not my fate   My failures are too numerous to mention   The road to hell is paved with good intentions   The road to hell is paved with good intentions   You won't see the pearly gates unless you change your ways   You can think about it while you're in detention   The road to hell is paved with good intentions