Better Off Dead

[00:11.04] There ain't one objection
[00:16.38] That I haven't lodged
[00:21.54] Makes me just want to give up
[00:26.68] And get the hell outta dodge
[00:32.54] But I stay here truthful
[00:37.84] With a heart that's in pain
[00:43.39] Just tryna stay dry
[00:48.29] Though I'm standin' in the rain
[00:54.45] Would she be forgivin'
[00:59.84] If she only knew
[01:04.51] How I try to tread water
[01:10.33] Wearin' concrete shoes?
[01:16.57] And it all goes rotten
[01:21.35] Everything that I touch
[01:24.65] And it won't be forgotten
[01:29.20] That I've hurt her this much
[01:33.16] Will I ever live down
[01:37.50] Angry words that I've said?
[01:43.29] I can't help this feeling
[01:48.26] I'd be better off dead
[01:54.38] She calls up her best friend
[01:59.77] And she cries on the phone
[02:05.22] And I feel like a stranger
[02:10.42] In the house we call home
[02:16.47] I beg her to listen
[02:21.56] As she walks out the room
[02:27.14] These clouds won't be clearin'
[02:32.76] Here anytime soon
[02:37.51] So, I take desperate measures
[02:43.76] To bring back our love
[02:49.18] By fixin' what's broken
[02:54.06] But I can't patch things up
[03:00.75] And it all goes rotten
[03:05.53] Everything that I touch
[03:09.44] And it won't be forgotten
[03:13.90] That I've hurt her this much
[03:17.88] Will I ever live down
[03:22.64] Angry words that I've said?
[03:27.99] And Lord, I can't help the feeling
[03:33.13] I'd be better off dead
[03:37.70]
[03:50.68] I walk past her bedroom
[03:55.81] The first door down the hall
[04:01.16] Where my daughter lies sleepin'
[04:06.85] Unaware of it all
[04:12.76] And Lord, I feel grateful
[04:18.02] She's too young to see
[04:23.95] The trouble and turmoil
[04:28.63] 'Tween her mama and me
[04:34.72] And then I lean over
[04:40.04] And softly kiss her head
[04:46.00] And just then it hits me
[04:50.90] I'm not better off dead
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