I can live with god and with suicide
the same thing holds if i close my eyes
It's a truth so pure it can kill you dead
a taste of heaven mixed with hell inside of my head.

If a three-four cord can ignite a flame
and a girl like you can forget my name
Then i'm that far gone in this crooked grave
with a pistol for my creature and a feather for my day.

When I do go down in a rain of toil
with a hand in my satchel and my knees in the soil
I can live with god and with suicide
a lover in her calico, a pony stands at her side

I can live with god and with suicide
the same thing holds if i close my eyes
It's a truth so pure it can kill you dead
a taste of heaven mixed with hell inside of my head