Die With Your Boots On

Daddy was a gambler back in '72

He had a taste for the night life

And he loved his booze

He had a woman on one arm

And a tattoo on the other

It was hard to read I don't know what it said

Something about my mother

I stood over his shoulder back in Bakersfield

He had some rhinestone boots with those high ridin' heels

He bet a ton of money on a hand I thought was dead

When those 7's cleaned the table up

He just looked around and said

R: Sometimes you win

Sometimes you won't

Sometimes you beat that devil

Sometimes you don't

We're all just killin' time

Til the good lord calls us home

And the best that you can hope for is

To die with your boots on.

I drive a big rig run from shore to shore

I've got a woman beside me

and my name out on the door

I can't make no money if I don't out run the man

That's why you find me streakin' through the night

Catch me if you can

R:

Sometimes you win

Sometimes you won't

sometimes you'll out run that devil

Sometimes you don't

We're all just killin' time til the good Lord calls us home

And the best that you can hope for is to die

With your boots on

With your boots on