Pearly Gates

My old man, he was old and grey

When he passed last year in May

With a jar in his hand of that old moonshine

They said he drank himself away

My poor mama got a little bit older

When her wild man went and died

Put him in the ground, six feet deep down

With a jar of his rocket ride

This one's for you

My dear old friend

We'll raise a glass and toast the dead

And if you find yourself

At them pearly gates

You oughta lie through your teeth

And I'll seal your fate

And I'd known Jimmy his whole damn life

Till the day he made his way

Two bullets in the heart, tryna do his part

In the heist of a city bank

Jimmy had a wife and a couple of boys

And they sure do miss him so

He had a real nice life till he did some time

And he couldn't find work no more

This one's for you

My dear old friend

We'll raise a glass and toast the dead

And if you find yourself

At them pearly gates

You oughta lie through your teeth

And I'll seal your fate

And I had a woman with her eyes so green

And her hair like a summer sun

And I was hers, and she was mine

Till all was said and done

I heard from a buddy that she overdosed

On a mean ol' crystal meth

And ruined that smile that I loved so much

How it hurts to know she's dead

This one's for you

My dear old friend

We'll raise a glass and toast the dead

And if you find yourself

At them pearly gates

You oughta lie through your teeth

And I'll seal your fate

You oughta lie through your teeth

And I'll seal your fate