The Reaper

Slow up, child, you're gonna get burned
Lay down, where you goin' in a hurry?
There ain't water in the wine
You're gonna live a long, long life

I woke up one mornin' restless on a bed of gasoline
Finally dawned on me the time that I've spent shackled in these sheets
I said life inside these walls ain't doin' nothin' good for me
So I burned down that old brick house and I threw away the key
I headed west out to Montana, said I'm never comin' home
Closed my eyes and gripped the wheel and let my chest say where to go
But I met God in Greenville County upside down glass on the road
He said, "Boy, you never warmed up, you got used to bein' cold"

Slow up, child, you're gonna get burned
Lay down, where you goin' in a hurry?
There ain't water in the wine
You're gonna live a long, long life
Slow up, boy, shut your mouth
Stop preaching 'bout shit you don't know about
You got nothin' but time
You're gonna live a long, long life

Met a girl out in the desert and she told me I was ill
She said, "I will make you better," and she handed me a pill
She was pretty, so I thought if this won't help me, nothin' will
Soon enough I woke up floating high above the desert hills
Then all at once the desert sounded evil and turned black
I watched what little life was left catch fire and turn to ash
And I saw my mother standing there with an empty can of gas
She said, "What the fuck you doin', boy? You get your ass right back"

Slow up, child, you're gonna get burned
Lay down, where you goin' in a hurry?
There ain't water in the wine
You're gonna live a long, long life
Slow up, boy, shut your mouth
Stop preaching 'bout shit you don't know about
You got nothin' but time
You're gonna live a long, long life

Slow up, child, you're gonna get burned
Lay down, where you goin' in a hurry?
There ain't water in the wine
You're gonna live a long, long life
Slow up, boy, shut your mouth
Stop preaching 'bout shit you don't know about
You got nothin' but time
You're gonna live a long, long life