David Allan Coe

Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat

David Allan Coe


Now I lay me down to cheat 
On the woman I love so 
And if I die between these sheets 
I pray to God she'll never know 

She's the best thing in this life 
Why she worships the ground that he walks on 
She waits up for him at night and worries 
Until he's safely home 
And she always believes his stories about working overtime 
And in 20 years beside him cheatins never crossed her mind 

Aw but it crossed his 
Early last summer 
In a person of a neighbor that she still calls her friend 
And with a little push from drinkin one too many one night in the fall he gave in 
And now he wishes he could stop himself 
But theres no easy way 
So he lays down with his lover 
And silently he prays 

Now I lay me down to cheat 
On the woman I love so 
And if I die between these sheets 
I pray to God she'll never know 

In his heart and soul 
He knew he was playing a game he could never win 
But ya know, forbidden fruit is sweet 
Why it was sweet enough to make him risk it all again 
And now he's givin up on lookin for a way 
To fight the feeling 
So he prays this simple pray 
And hope it makes it past the hotel ceiling 

Now I lay me down to cheat 
On the woman I love so 
And if I die between these sheets 
I pray to God she'll never know