The Reaper

Slow up, child, you're gonna get burned Lay down, where you goin' in a hurry? There ain't water in the wine You're gonna live a long, long life I woke up one mornin' restless on a bed of gasoline Finally dawned on me the time that I've spent shackled in these sheets I said life inside these walls ain't doin' nothin' good for me So I burned down that old brick house and I threw away the key I headed west out to Montana, said I'm never comin' home Closed my eyes and gripped the wheel and let my chest say where to go But I met God in Greenville County upside down glass on the road He said, "Boy, you never warmed up, you got used to bein' cold" Slow up, child, you're gonna get burned Lay down, where you goin' in a hurry? There ain't water in the wine You're gonna live a long, long life Slow up, boy, shut your mouth Stop preaching 'bout shit you don't know about You got nothin' but time You're gonna live a long, long life Met a girl out in the desert and she told me I was ill She said, "I will make you better," and she handed me a pill She was pretty, so I thought if this won't help me, nothin' will Soon enough I woke up floating high above the desert hills Then all at once the desert sounded evil and turned black I watched what little life was left catch fire and turn to ash And I saw my mother standing there with an empty can of gas She said, "What the fuck you doin', boy? You get your ass right back" Slow up, child, you're gonna get burned Lay down, where you goin' in a hurry? There ain't water in the wine You're gonna live a long, long life Slow up, boy, shut your mouth Stop preaching 'bout shit you don't know about You got nothin' but time You're gonna live a long, long life Slow up, child, you're gonna get burned Lay down, where you goin' in a hurry? There ain't water in the wine You're gonna live a long, long life Slow up, boy, shut your mouth Stop preaching 'bout shit you don't know about You got nothin' but time You're gonna live a long, long life