Dead As It Gets

I've been told i'm living on a fix A dead man marked as dead as it gets Those twilight girls been' singin' my songs To the Coyotes outside eating my flesh I play a lone hand and take what i can get My wager is blood, vice, and cigarettes The end of this gallow's where i find rest At the end of this iron's where i make my bed I said it once and i'll say it again, darling i'm dead and as dead as it gets I've been told to keep it in line I'll take what's yours and kill what's mine Lord God knows i lament my ways But i don't think he remembers my name I said it once and i'll say it again, darling i'm dead and as dead as it gets I've been told i'm sure as a gun A restless man, a graceless son By all good rights no easy sight Been' a nicotine hellraiser all of my life Never did get it right I said it once and i'll say it again, darling i'm dead and as dead as it gets