I WAS HEA DED NORTH

ON HIGH WAY FIVE

ON A STAR- LIT

SUN DAY NIGHT

WHEN A PICK- UP TRUCK

FLEW BY ME

AS I WATCHED

IN MY HEAD LIGHTS

HE SWERVED LEFT

THEN BACK RIGHT

HE NE VER HIT THE BRAKES

AS HE LEFT THE ROAD

I FOUND HIM LY ING

IN THE GRASS

A MONG THE STEEL AND GLASS

WITH AN EMP TY WHIS KEY BO TTLE

AND THROUGH THE

BLOOD AND TEARS

HE WHIS PERED IN MY EAR

A FEW LAST WORDS

DON'T TELL MA MA

I WAS DRIN KING

LORD KNOWS

HER SOUL WOULD NE VER REST

I CAN'T LEAVE THIS WORLD

WITH MA MA THIN KING

I MET THE LORD

WITH WHIS KEY ON MY BREATH

I STILL THINK A BOUT THAT NIGHT

AND HOW THAT YOUNG MAN DIED

AND HOW O THERS

SOME TIMES PAY

THE LAST THING ON HIS MIND

AS HE LEFT THIS WORLD BE HIND

WAS KNO WING

SOME ONE EL SE'S

DON'T TELL MA MA

I WAS DRIN KING

LORD KNOWS

HER SOUL WOULD NE VER REST

I CAN'T LEAVE THIS WORLD

WITH MA MA THIN KING

I MET THE LORD

WITH WHIS KEY ON MY BREATH

DON'T TELL MA MA

I WAS DRIN KING