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
Copyright © Plant A Tree Poetry | Year Posted 2019
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