The Snake

there was a snake in the road
 and it was talking to me
 had no mouth left to move
 been dead at least a week
 but i knew the voice right away
 convinced my feet to stay
 and as the moon rise high
 i knelt by his broken side
 and he said
 i got you beat on borrowed time
 i got your love in the same place i keep mine
 now baby stay by me 'till your blood is dry
 and i will find you on the other side
 and now the earth shook below
 and the snake showed his teeth
 i felt knives in my blood
 and i smelled something sweet
 i watched the sky crack and peel
 exposing bars of steel
 and i looked the snake in the eye
 i got you beat on borrowed time
 i got your love in the same place i keep mine
 now baby stay by me 'till your blood is dry
 and i will find you on the other side