Em Am Em Now listen, you, drunken driver while here on earth you dwellAm Em B7 Em You never know when the time to come when you'll have to say fare- wellEm Am Em Am Em I saw an accident one day, would charm the hearts of manAm Em B7 Em And teach him never to drink and drive with a steerin' wheel in his handEm Am Em This awful accident occurred on the twentieth day of MayAm Em B7 Em And caused to lovin' children to sleep beneath the clayEm Am Em These two dear kids walked side by side out on a state high- wayAm Em B7 Em Their lovin' mother, she had died and their father had run a- wayEm Am Em They were talking of their loving parents, how sad their hearts did feelAm Em B7 Em When a- round the curve came a speedin' car with a drunk man at the wheelEm Am Em The driver saw these two dear kids and hooted a drunkard soundAm Em B7 Em ?Get out of the road, you, little fools? and the car had brought them down [Instrumental]Am Em B7 Em [Verse]Em Am Em The driver staggered from his car to see what he had doneAm Em B7 Em His heart sank with- in him when he saw his dyin' sonEm Am Em He then picked up his little one and carried him to his carAm Em B7 Em Then leanin' on the runnin' board, he prayed a drunkard's prayerEm Am Em Sayin', ?Please, oh Lord, forgive me for this awful crime I've done?Am Em B7 Em His at- tention then was called away to the words of his dyin' sonEm Am Em Sayin' ?Take us to our mother, Dad. She sleeps be- neath the groundAm Em B7 Em It was you and her we was talkin' about when the car had knocked us down?Em Am Em ?And please, dear Dad, don't drink no more while drivin' on your wayAm Em B7 Em But meet us with our mother, Dad, in heaven some sweet day?
The Drunken Driver
Ricky Skaggs
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