Better Off Dead

[Verse 1] Ah, she couldn't stand me anymore So she just took the kids and went You see, I've got a drinkin' problem All the money that we had I spent [Chorus] And now I must die by my own hand 'Cause I'm not man enough to live alone And she's better off without me And I'm better off dead now that she's gone [Verse 2] She gave the most and took the least She even had the priest come to our home And I cried and prayed and promised God That I'd leave the stuff alone [Chorus] And now I must die by my own hand 'Cause I'm not man enough to live alone And she's better off without me And I'm better off dead now that she's gone Yes, now that she's gone, now that she's gone [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Oh, she used to call her friends and cry Then the man cut off the telephone And she'd sit and cry while I went out And pawned the things we owned, yeah [Chorus] And now I must die by my own hand 'Cause I'm not man enough to live alone And she's better off without me And I'm better off dead now that she's gone Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone [Outro] I'm better off dead, I'm better off dead Said I'm better off dead, I'm better off dead I said I'm better off dead, y'all, I'm better off dead I said I'm better off dead, y'all, now that she's gone I said I'm better off dead, I'm better off dead I said I'm better off dead, y'all, won't leave the stuff alone Leave the stuff alone I'm better off dead, I said I'm better off dead Now that she's gone, now that she's gone Better off dead now that she's gone Better off dead now that she's gone Said I'm better off dead now that she's gone I'm better off dead, y'all, now that she's gone, gone, gone, gone Better off dead now that she's gone I said I'm better off dead, better off dead Better off dead, I'm better off dead Better off dead