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Kaitlin Butts - "You Ain't Gotta Die (To Be Dead To Me)" (Official Audio Video)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kaitlin Butts
Kaitlin Butts
Lead Vocals
Oran Thornton
Oran Thornton
Background Vocals
Russ Pahl
Russ Pahl
Electric Guitar
Lex Price
Lex Price
Bass Guitar
Eamon Mclaughlin
Eamon Mclaughlin
Fiddle
Adam Duran
Adam Duran
Electric Guitar
Walton
Walton
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kaitlin Butts
Kaitlin Butts
Songwriter
Natalie Hemby
Natalie Hemby
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Oran Thornton
Oran Thornton
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My Mama taught me when I was a girl
If a man is a problem, take him out of your world
Leave room for the sunshine and no room for clouds
Just pretend he's no longer around
And say
[Chorus]
You ain't gotta die to be dead to me
You ain't gotta die to be dead to me
Well, you ain't gotta be six feet deep
Pushing up daisies up through concrete
No, you ain't gotta die to be dead to me
Oh, no
[Verse 2]
He was a-drinking and a-hollering
And you know how that goes
He was talking to women that Mama don't know
So when they surely asked me, "How's your daddy been?"
I say, "Who? I have never heard of him"
[Bridge]
You know, I think I have heard of that man, I think
I think I heard he got run over by a train
Mauled by a bear, maybe? Hopefully
[Chorus]
You ain't gotta die to be dead to me
You ain't gotta die to be dead to me
Well, you ain't gotta be six feet deep
Pushing up daisies up through concrete
No, you ain't gotta die to be dead to me
Oh, no
[Verse 3]
So here is your first and your final warning
There won't be no car wrecks or rat poisoning
So if you cross the line, no, there won't be no crime
I'll just say, "Adios, sayonara, well, bye"
[Chorus]
You ain't gotta die to be dead to me
You ain't gotta die to be dead to me
Well, you ain't gotta be six feet deep
Pushing up daisies up through concrete
Mauled by a bear, stung by a bee
Clip your toenails and get gangrene
No, you ain't gotta die to be dead to me
Written by: Kaitlin Butts, Natalie Hemby

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