die with your boots on þarký sözü

(toby keith/jim femino)

daddy was a gambler
back in seventy-two
he had a taste for the nightlife and he
loved his booze
he had a woman on one arm
and a tattoo on the other
it was hard to read i don´t know what it said
somethin´ about my mother

i stood over his shoulder back in bakersfield
he had some rhinestone boots with those high ridin´ heels
he bet a ton of money
on a hand i thought was dead
when those sevens cleaned the table up
he just looked around and said

sometimes you win
sometimes you won´t
sometimes you beat that devil
sometimes you don´t
we´re all just killin´ time
til the good lord calls us home
and the best that you can hope for is to die
with your boots on

i drive a big rig from shore to shore
i´ve got a woman beside me
and my name out on the door
can´t make no money
if i don´t outrun the man
that´s why you find me streakin´ through the night
catch me if you can

sometimes you win
sometimes you won´t
sometimes you beat that devil
sometimes you don´t
we´re all just killin´ time
til the good lord calls us home
and the best that you can hope for is to die

sometimes you win
sometimes you won´t
sometimes you outrun that devil
sometimes you don´t
we´re all just killin´ time
til the good lord calls us home
and the best that you can hope for is to die
with your boots on
with your boots on