I might be dead Might be dead Might be dead By the time you hear this song I bring a knife to a fistfight But lately my baby bring her gun Yeah she's a cold hearted killer She'll play you out and just move on So if I'm dead If I'm dead If I'm dead By the time you hear this song Tell 'em I was strong to the bitter end Tell 'em I believed on these six strings And every word I said Yeah, it was my greatest fault and my greatest gift And I died like a fool for it So tell 'em how I lived I might be dead Might be dead Might be dead By the time the music stops And the only way you'll see me's in a casket or in a plastic box So if I'm dead If I'm dead If I'm dead By the time you hear this song Tell 'em I was strong to the bitter end Tell 'em I believed on these six strings And every word I said Yeah, it was my greatest fault and my greatest gift And I died like a fool for it So tell 'em It was my greatest fault and my greatest gift And I died like a fool for it So tell 'em how I lived You tell 'em how I lived Let's get it straight I'll take your money but I Don't want your pity Don't need your sympathy I just need to know That all this running was for something (don't play me for a fool) I'll take your money but I (don't want your sympathy) Don't want your pity I just need to know That all this running That all this running was for something But maybe I'll never know Tell 'em I was strong to the beautiful end Tell 'em I believed on these six strings And every word I said Yeah, it was my greatest fault and my greatest gift And I died like a fool for it So tell 'em It was my greatest fault and my greatest gift And I died like a fool for it So tell 'em how I lived You tell 'em how I lived Dead, might be dead By the time you hear this song I might be dead I bring a knife to a fistfight But lately my baby she bring a gun Dead, might be dead By the time you hear this song I might be dead Dead, might be dead and gone