Everybody Thinks They're The One To Get Away

I knew a preacher with a tight necktie
Shakin' his fist at the folks going by
Sayin', "Don't you know you're headed the wrong way?"
Wonder what they'd do, if the people all knew
When he get home, he don't take off his shoes?
He's headed for the cat house the very same day

I knew a killer with a shark tooth grin
You look twice, he'll do you in
But he ain't worried, Mama taught him how to pray
He'd take a coin, and throw it in the well
He'd burn a wick, cast him a spell
And all the blood on his hands just wash away

'Cause everybody, everybody
Everybody thinks they're the one to get away
Everybody, everybody
Oh, everybody thinks they're the one to get away

I knew a man with a firm handshake
His name on the doors, his name on the plates
You only live in this town 'cause he lets you stay
But he's your friend, and he's mine too
And he gonna do what he say he gonna do
It's a shame every promise that he made was a fake

But I know time, and I know luck
And I can feel both of them creepin' up
Tally's getting mighty tall, as some might say
There's a straw gonna break the back
There's a day we gonna face the facts
That ain't nobody really gettin' away

'Cause everybody, everybody
Oh, everybody thinks they're the one to get away
Everybody, everybody
Yeah, everybody thinks they're the one to get away

Hey, there's a devil, there's a devil in a henhouse
Hey, there's a man with an axe in his hand
Oh, there's a lover in my bed
Hey, there's a lover, there's a lover in a henhouse
Hey, there's a devil with an axe in his hand
And oh, there's a man in my bed
Hey, there's a man, there's a man in a henhouse
Hey, there's a lover with an axe in her hand, and
Oh, there's a devil in my bed

'Cause I knew a preacher with a shark tooth grin
And I knew a killer with a firm handshake
And I knew a man who, I knew a man who
I knew a man who thought he'd get away