The Reaper

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

Headed west out to Montana, said, "I'm never comin' home"

Closed my eyes and grip 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, 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