I was a bad reputation, with an attitude to match

Hell, man, I'm goin' nowhere

and gettin' there lightnin' fast

Twenty-one lookin' thirty, but actin' half my age

Bound to hit a wall before I ever hit the brakes

Codeine, it got Elvis

Whiskey, it got Hank

Always thought somethin' like that might send me on my way

But you took hold of me, like only a woman can

And gave all the reasons to live, to a set on dyin' man

When a Friday meets a Sunday

You can't help but see the light

I never believe in angels

'Till one believed me in that night

Turned my off-track into a straight line

Before I turned into a headline

Codeine, it got Elvis

Whiskey, it got Hank

Always thought somethin' like that might send me on my way

But you took hold of me, like a only woman can

And gave all the reasons to live, to a set on dyin' man

Woah-oh

Turn a wrong way man one-eighty

Settle down and give another

Yeah, you changed what changed me

So the world won't see another

Codeine, it got Elvis

Whiskey, it got Hank

Always thought somethin' like that might send me on my way

But you took hold of me, like only woman can

And gave all the reasons to live, to a set on dyin' man

A sad old dyin' man