Amen

Pick up the fuckin' phone
Pick up the god damn phone
Ah fuck, oh god damn it
Baby if you get this call me back immediately
This is a fuckin' emergency
I think I did too much shit
My fuckin' heart feels like it's 'bout to shut down
Just call me back, quick as fuck please
Bye

Cocaine in my nostril hair
White lines chopped on a cloudy mirror
Heart beat telling me to slow it down
I ain't listening, but I can hear it loud and clear
My rib cage is clenching, I'm pouring sweat
Still tryna snort, lookin for a drip
Tripping out knowing that I did too much
Having a panic attack, I feel short of breath
I shut the bathroom door and wet my face
Hoping that the water might cool me off
Trying to throw up in the toilet to get it out my system
My nose starting pouring blood
And that made it worse the blood stained my shirt
I'm contemplating wakin' my parents up
Telling the truth I'm overdosing on coke
But maybe it'll go away I'm just paranoid
I went back in the room and I shut the door
Got some Xanax out the dresser drawer
Here I go again mixing uppers and downers
The sound of my heart playin' tug of war
Is all I heard as I laid in bed
Please God let me live I promise I won't do drugs no more
Close my eyes and realized that I wasn't sure
I calmed down and I snorted more
Like, God damn!

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
But if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen,
Let me see another day again

Holes in the gloves of a homeless man
Freezin', his bed is the cold cement
On the corner, beggin' with an open hand
The weatherman said it's probably gonna snow again
But more holes in his clothes that expose his skin
Sick with pneumonia he's old and slim
Hoping when somebody walks by and sees him freezin'
That they throw him a coat, the wind
Is unbearable, he hasn't ate in days
Digging through the trash, found a burger that's halfway eaten
Some packets of mayonnaise
Beggin' all day, nobody gave him change
He just lays in waste below the underpass
Last year he done almost froze to death
But this winter's much colder
The homeless shelter's too full
Now there's no one left
To come rescue him, he's outta breath
He can't get in the second wind as snowfall arrives
Praying out loud "please God I apologize
For anything I done wrong", he cried
He can't feel his fingers his legs are numb
But everybody else is at home warm inside
He's up under the bridge about to freeze to death
Singin to God "I don't want to die"
Like, dear Lord!

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
But if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen,
Let me see another day again

Life for her was so promising
Popular, a homecoming queen
Dreamed of becoming a doctor one day
She's smart so her grades were astonishing
Her boyfriend gave her a promise ring
It was a prime example of puppy love
They act as if they was attached at the hip
Every time you saw one they was coupled up
Neither one of 'em drunk that much, but one night
They got the invite to go and drink with friends
What started out to be a normal night
Would change the course of life and have tragic end
And then 10 shots later, said they had to leave
Her friend said stay, you OK to drive?
One of the dudes tried to take her keys
She said, please you're tripping I'm OK I'm fine
She got behind the wheel her boyfriend was trashed
On the highway going way too fast
Hit a sharp corner 'round a bend and crashed
Her boyfriends head went through the windshield glass
Her neck gashed wide open, her ribs are broken
Her boyfriend's gone in the car he died
She's hanging on waiting for the jaws of life
To get her out then she started to shut her eyes
And said, God

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
But if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul too take
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen,
Let me see another day again

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