Death Showed Up Sober

Intro I begged him to be drunk for this

Verse 1 He wiped his boots before he crossed my floor Hung his coat up on my chair Checked his watch against my clock And found my clock was running fast somewhere He didn't slur, he didn't sway No mercy in a careless hand He read my name back off a form And spelled it right the way no friend ever can

Pre-Chorus No stagger in his step No kindness in the breath

Chorus Death showed up sober Clear as a bill collector at the door Took his time and took it cold The one night I'd have paid him to be drunk

Verse 2 He didn't gloat, he didn't grin at me He filed me like a Tuesday call Asked if I had next of kin And wrote down none across the line for all He straightened up the photographs Turned the porch lamp off to save the bill Folded my good funeral suit And laid it out so neat it makes me ill

Pre-Chorus No stagger in his step No kindness in the breath

Chorus Death showed up sober Clear as a bill collector at the door Took his time and took it cold The one night I'd have paid him to be drunk

Bridge I always thought he'd come in like a storm All teeth and thunder, give a man a fight Instead he sat and sipped his water clear And waited out the hours of my night Death showed up sober Clear as a bill collector at the door Took his time and took it cold The one night I'd have paid him to be drunk

Outro He spelled it right the way no friend ever can

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