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Steve Earle – Fixin’ To Die (2017) | Track profile | Dork

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Steve Earle
So You Wannabe an Outlaw
Fixin’ To Die

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Fixin’ To Die

Release date: 16th June 2017

From So You Wannabe an Outlaw

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"Fixin’ To Die" is a track by Steve Earle, from the album So You Wannabe an Outlaw, released 16th June 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Fixin’ To Die

[Chorus]

I'm fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

I'm fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

I'd be tellin' you a lie, if I told you I was takin' it well

Now I followed her car to the Heaven on the Highway Hotel

I followed her car to the Heaven on the Highway Hotel

I'm fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

[Verse 1]

Sittin' in the shadow across the parking lot

Reckon that I'm probably right, prayin' that I'm not

A pistol on the dashboard, whiskey in the cup

Here he comes, let 'em get inside, and then I lit 'em up

[Chorus]

Fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

I'm fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

'Cause I shot my baby in the Heaven on the Highway Hotel

And I'm fixin' to die, going to Hell

I'm fixin' to die and I'm going to Hell

Now I'm fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

[Verse 2]

Warden walkin' up ahead, preacher right behind

Guard on either side in case my legs unwind

Chains around my ankles, beads around my hands

Walking 'cross the yard, never coming back again

[Chorus]

I'm fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

I'm fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

'Cause I shot my baby in the Heaven on the Highway Hotel

Now I'm fixin' to die, I'm going to Hell

I'm fixin' to die, I'm going to Hell

I'm fixin' to die, reckon I'm going to Hell

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Track details

From So You Wannabe an Outlaw

2017

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Album

So You Wannabe an Outlaw

Release year

2017

—Local Memory
—So You Wannabe an Outlaw
—This Is How It Ends
—Fixin’ To Die
—News from Colorado
—Sunset Highway
—The Firebreak Line
—Walkin' in LA
—You Broke My Heart
—Ain't No God in Mexico
—The Girl on the Mountain
—Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
—Goodbye Michelangelo
—Sister's Coming Home/Down At The Corner Beer Joint
—If Mama Coulda Seen Me
—Lookin' For a Woman

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Writer: Steve Earle
Producer: Richard Bennett
Bass: Kelley Looney
Drums: Brad Pemberton
Guitar: Chris Masterson, Steve Earle
Vocals: Steve Earle
Fiddle: Eleanor Whitmore
Mastering Engineer: Chris Bellman
Mixing Engineer: Ray Kennedy
Pedal Steel Guitar: Ricky Ray Jackson
Recording Engineer: Ray Kennedy