Lyrics Hayes Carll

Hayes Carll

Live Free Or Die

Well, I'm doin' ten to twenty

In the frozen granite state

And every day I go to work

To stamp out license plates

Everyday I got to work

And every night I cry

Cause every license plate I make tells me to

Live Free or Die

Live free or die

Oh Lord tell me why

Can't they say seat belts fastened

Or Oklahoma is okay

Vacation land sounds mighty great

I wouldn't mind stampin' out the Garden State

It's enough to make me cry

Live free or die

Well I didn't mean to shoot that man

Why the gun just went off in my hand

I caught him with my wife

And it cost that man his life

I'd just got home from the factory

And that man was sittin' where I'm supposed to be

Now he's up there in the sky and I'm stuck with

Live free or die

Live free or die

Oh Lord tell me why

Can't they say seat belts fastened

Or Oklahoma is okay

Vacation land sounds mighty great

I wouldn't mind stampin' out the Garden State

It's enough to make me cry

Live free or die

So let this be a lesson

To all you married men out there

That patience is a virtue

So make your plans with care

So if you catch your wife with another man

It's best to hold off as long as you can

Then shoot him in another state where they got

A different license plate