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