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To Die Laughing In One's Sleep

I died in my sleep last night Too tired to put up a fight But you know how the story goes Won't you give my love to Rose And if I had a wishing well To my death I wish I fell But this cat just lost his tail Still got eight lives to pay my bail And sometimes I just wish you would Tell me what it was that you know good But all I hear is that quiet smile Of which I ain't seen in quite a while You confuse crows with that Crooked Smile Trying to fly that country mile I want to die laughing in my sleep Don't want death to take with no slow creep So I have learned to live real fast Every new day dies in the past I broke the mold but the cast was kept "Don't throw it away" all the angles wept That swinging sword took my right ear I got seven lives I've got no fear And sometimes I just wish you would Tell me what it was that you know good But all I hear is that quiet smile Of which I ain't seen in quite a while You confuse crows with that Crooked Smile Trying to fly that country mile At the Pearly Gates I met St Pete He put me in line to clean God's feet Eternity turned till my turn fell My God his souls were dirtier than hell "Why are we made of water dirt and blood" He said "I love dancing in red mud" Trampled by love I'll asphyxiate My death six felt just like eight And sometimes I just wish you would Tell me what it was that you know good But all I hear is that quiet smile Of which I ain't seen in quite a while You confuse crows with that Crooked Smile Trying to fly that country mile If my blood stains have ruined your new sheets When I kill myself again I'll be more discreet Falling from the sky the injured Angel sang Words written in red with the shotgun BANG Those words in red, they rang real clear When I needed you the most you'd disappear And I will try not to lose life five But nowadays I'm dying trying to stay alive And sometimes I just wish you would Tell me what it was that you know good But all I get is that crooked ass smile

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