Short Life Full Of Trouble

My brother works a coal mine

Does he ever stop to think

Life is but a vapor

It's over in a blink

Fast cars fast women

And a drink before I die

There ain't nothing good about goodbye

It's a short life full of trouble

A short life full of trouble

We're here for just a while

So I'm gonna go in style

It's a short life full of trouble

They call me a gambler

I live outside the law of God

But how can you be a gambler

If you know the odds

I took all their money

And I took all their pride

They took a gun and took my life

It's a short life full of trouble

A short life full of trouble

We're here for just a while

So I'm gonna go in style

It's a short life full of trouble

One day they asked my killer

Outside the country store

Don't it seem strange old Vernon

Ain't around here anymore

He said they all say I'm crazy

Since my bullet sent him home

But he rides right here beside me

I'm never all alone

It's a short life full of trouble

A short life full of trouble

We're here for just a while

So I'm gonna go in style

It's a short life full of trouble