Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat

Now I lay me down to cheat

On the woman I love so

And if I die between these sheets

I pray to God she'll never know

She's the best thing in his life

Why? She worships the ground that he walks on

She waits up for him at night and worries

Until he's safely home

And she always believes his stories about workin' overtime

And in twenty years beside him cheatin's never crossed her mind

Ah, but it's crossed his

Early last summer

In the person of a neighbor she still calls her friend

And with a little push from drinkin' one too many

One night in the fall he gave in

And now he wishes he could stop himself

But there's no easy way

So he lays down with his lover

And silently he prays

Now I lay me down to cheat

On the woman I love so

And if I die between these sheets

I pray to God she'll never know

In his heart and soul

He knew he was playing a game he could never win

But you know, forbidden fruit is sweet

Why it was sweet enough to make him risk it all again?

And now he's given up on lookin' for a way

To fight the feeling

So he prays this simple prayer

And hopes it makes it past the motel ceiling

Now I lay me down to cheat

On the woman I love so

And if I die between these sheets

I pray to God she'll never know