Raise the Dead

Hank Williams died when I was five
 He sang, "I'll never get out of this world alive"
 Now it's been a long time since I was a kid
 And I've seen a lot more than Hank ever did
 I've done the down and out in every dark end dive
 But I'll never get out of your love alive
 Sam Coke met the woman at the well
 She told him that his song was something he could never sell
 And I think he knew a change was gonna come
 Still he lived too fast and he died too young
 Well, dying young I have survived
 But I'll never get out of your love alive
 I got washed in the blood of Bill Monroe
 When he sang about the the blues in my body and soul
 He believed in a God that could raise the dead
 "Still it's a mighty dark night to travel", he said
 I've seen a mighty dark night and I made that drive
 But I'll never get out of your love alive
 Robert Johnson had a hell hound on his trail
 Drove him to the coffin like a hammer and a nail
 It takes a powerful man to carry that load
 When you're trying to beat the devil to the old crossroads
 I wrestled the devil lived to testify
 But I'll never get out of your love alive
 I'll never get out of your love alive
 Oh, I'll never get out of your love alive
 I'll never get out of your love alive