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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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