Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat Lyrics - 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 twenty years beside him, cheating's 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 that he was playing a game he could never win 

But you know, forbidden fruit is sweet 

Why it was sweet enough to make him risk it all again 

And now he's giving up on looking 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