Dead Man's Road

I had a good friend in my hometown Early this morning they layed him in the ground He was my brother, I won't tell you his name He was a junkie for whiskey and cocaine Oh no, he's dead and cold Don't go down the dead man's road A dead man's road I hear you're out there sayin', "It won't happen to me" 'Cause it feels good an that makes that so easy to believe My friend was young and strong like everybody else I began to understand when I got there myself All the goodtime losers, they knew my name Just small-time users waitin' on a train I danced with the Devil, he tried to get my soul I didn't recognized him on the dead man's road Oh no, he's dead and cold Don't go down the dead man's road A dead man's road I cheated on my woman and I cheated myself I cheated my mother and my father, everybody else I came to know Jesus and he saved my soul Changed my direction from the dead man's road Oh no, he's dead and cold Don't go down the dead man's road A dead man's road Oh no, he's dead and cold Don't go down the dead man's road A dead man's road