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I laid in bed for an hour today
Tryin' to die of natural causes
In case the Lord forgot to take me in my sleep
I grew tired of waitin'
Exacerbated
I rolled off my mattress in a heap
As I lay on the floor
My bare back sore
From a fall that I can’t remember
I gazed under my dresser
A reminder to miss her
A trinket she left last November
Covered in dust
The color of rust
I haven’t cleaned this room in ages
Her thoughts and her fears
Used it for years
Spilled bourbon and soiled its pages
A small journal she used
When she had the blues
She secrets to herself
Do I dare crack the cover
Read the secrets of another
Or let it gather dust on the shelf?
I don’t think I can help myself
He’s got the worst case of wanderin' I’ve ever seen
In his absence I found my druthers
I’ve refined the slag; I’m packin' my bag
I’m never gonna wait on another
'Cause I laid in bed for an hour today
Tryin' to die of natural causes
In case the Lord forgot to take me in my sleep
I grew tired of waitin'
Exacerbated
I’m leaving this man to his keep
I’m leaving this man to his keep
I’m leaving this man to his keep