Everybody Loves You When You Re Dead lyrics

She told me her name was Cymbeline
I met her at the corner of Church and Queen
She was selling lies and other painted things
I hardly even noticed when she touched my ring

She sold me a camera for a song
A silver instamatic made in Bonn
Careful with my heart it`s not very strong
She wrote that on the border when I was gone

She said that she`s going home
And she won`t be long
Half a mile from Texas
She looked at me and said
Everybody wants you when you`re dead

I can drive for hours when I`m wrong
She said it like a preacher before the throng
Careful with your life--it`s not very long
We struggle for a moment and then we`re gone

I think I`ll take her bishop with my queen
The glass is nearly empty and she`s asleep
Somewhere in my mind I think I see her weep
Perhaps I`ll check the silver before I leave
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