Hell's Den Whiskey Weed An Women, My Three Sins

Ash in my coffee

Gun by the bed

Her perfume on my jacket

Won’t cover what I did

Cards on the counter

Bible on the floor

Bottle’s half empty

I still beg it for more

Whiskey, weed an women

That’s the gospel that I broke

Lovin’ and leavin’ every town I touch

Turnin’ every promise into smoke

Whiskey, weed an women,my three sins

Tattooed on my crooked soul

If heaven’s ever lookin’ for me

It’s too late, the devil called me home

Sheriff knows my first name,she took my last

Judge knows my lies

Preacher knows my secrets

But he still won’t meet my eyes

She said, “Baby,you’re a bad dream”

I said, “Girl,that’s true”

I was gone by the sunrise

Left my shadow next to her

Jackknifed at dawn

dust in my teeth

Empty bottle rolling

like it’s breathing for me

Whiskey on my shirt

her name on my tongue

I kiss the rim again

pretend she ain’t gone

Whiskey, weed,an women

that’s the hymn I hum

Every promise that I made

turned to powder on my gums

I’ve been loving,I’ve been leaving

burning bridges just for fun

Playing chess with the devil in Hell's den

an he’s already won,checkmated me,

Fools mated me She said I was trouble

I said “that makes two”

We carved our crooked halo

in a motel room

Left her in the doorway

with one boot on

She cried, “You’ll die alone”

I just kept walking on

that’s the hymn I hum

Every promise that I made

turned to powder on my gums

I’ve been loving,I’ve been leaving

burning bridges just for fun

Playing chess with the devil in Hell's den

and he’s already won

Checkmated me,fools mated me

We sit at a table

out past right and wrong

He moves first

like he’s done this all along

Says, “Son, pick your poison

but you’re paying either way”

I trade my queen for quiet

he just laughs and lets her stay (oh)

Whiskey,weed,an women my three sins

that’s the hymn I hum

I keep betting with my soul

like I’m the only foolish one

I’ve been loving,I’ve been leaving

till my shadow comes undone

Playing chess with the devil in Hell's den

an I’m down to my last pawn

Whiskey,weed an women

That’s the gospel that I broke

Lovin’ an leavin’ every town I touch

Turnin’ every promise into smoke

Whiskey, weed an women

Tattooed on my crooked soul

If heaven’s ever lookin’ for me

It’s too late, the devil called me home

I played chess with the devil in Hell's den

In a bar past the end of the map

Used my heart for a pawn,my name for a knight

He just smiled and took ‘em back

Said, “Son,you ain’t a villain

You’re just scared to be a man”

Then he crowned my last regret a queen

And shook my trembling hand (oh)

Whiskey,weed an women

That’s the gospel that I broke

Lovin’ an leavin’ every town I touch

Turnin’ every promise into smoke

Whiskey,weed an women

Etched in every scar I own

If mercy ever comes to find me

tell um I'm not home,I'm gone,playing chess with the devil in Hell's den where angels dare not tread