Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat-David Allan Coe

[ti:Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat] [ar:David Allan Coe] [al:David Allan Coe - 16 Biggest H] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat - David Allan Coe [00:01.78]On the woman I love so [00:12.96]And if I die between these sheets [00:18.97]I pray to God she'll never know [00:29.59]She's the best thing in this life [00:32.72]Why she worships the ground that he walks on [00:41.40]She waits up for him at night and worries [00:45.52]Until he's safely home [00:53.67]And she always believes his stories about overtime [00:58.92]And in 20 years beside him cheatins never crossed her mind [01:10.09] [01:12.66]Aw but it crossed his [01:15.47]Early last summer [01:18.84]In a person of a neighbor that she still calls her friend [01:27.38]And with a little push from drinkin one too many one night in the fall he gave in [01:33.42]And now he wishes he could stop himself [01:38.28]But theres no easy way [01:41.15]So he lays down with his lover [01:43.40]And silently he prays [01:45.83]Now I lay me down to cheat [01:52.07]On the woman I love so [01:58.27]And if I die between these sheets [02:04.08]I pray to God she'll never know [02:14.82]In his heart and soul [02:17.18]He knew he was playing a game he could never win [02:23.49]But ya know forbidden fruit is sweet [02:29.61]Why it was sweet enough to make him risk it all again [02:39.72]And now he's givin up on lookin for a way [02:42.83]To fight the feeling [02:44.70]So he prays this simple pray [02:47.45]And hope it makes it past the hotel ceiling [02:51.19]Now I lay me down to cheat [02:57.37]On the woman I love so [03:03.63]And if I die between these sheets [03:09.62]I pray to God she'll never know