Who Needs This Life

So you found I was behind that baby
bound him and your old lady,
so you put her down to sleep,
in the back of her old chevy pickup,
blood stains, and rum and makeup,
all wrapped up in a sheet

Well you drink a beer,
and grab a shove,
I'm tryin to find your keys,
and you make a trip
through these albums,
for your ...

Try to make yourself forget the things you chant,
before it all got ugly,
Before she started to spread her legs for another man,
Drinking wiskey in your Trailer,
blue light is getting bailer,
a bottle, bandage, a half a sandwich, noon

Its Time to drink a beer
and grab a shove,
I'm tryin to find your keys,
when you make a trip
through these albums,
for your ...

well It's a simple thing
and no it doesn't matter
a bullet in his brain
and you can watch it splatter (Echo: splatter)
you think its over,
but in truth is that it's just about to start
its not the brain, its a matter of the heart

oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah-yea-h-h-h

where and when you see it splatter,
i found it doesn't mattter
you close your eyes, you hold your breathe
and in the end, it doesn't matter (Echo: matter, matter, matter)


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    Great song, but the lyrics are a little off. Here are the correct lyrics to Splatter:

    Who needs this life? So you found out what's behind that maybe Bout him and your old lady So you put her down to sleep In the back of your old Chevy pick-up Bloodstains and runny makeup All wrapped up in a sheet Well you drink a beer And grab a shovel And try to find your keys Then you make a trip in brooding silence From Garland to Mesquite You try to make yourself forget the things that you had shared Before it all got ugly Before she started spreading her legs for another man Drinking whiskey in your trailer Blue eyes are getting paler A bottle bandage a half a sandwich and then it's time to Drink a beer And grab a shovel And try to find your keys Then you make a trip in brooding silence From Garland to Mesquite Well it's a simple thing you know it doesn't matter A bullet in his brain and you can watch it splatter You think it's over but in truth it's just about to start It's not the brain It's a matter of the heart And when you see it splatter You'll find it doesn't matter You close your eyes you hold your breath and in the end It doesn't really matter

    elleleeon August 12, 2007   Link

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