The Battle - Caitlin Cary | Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary

When I am buried don’t visit my grave

God cannot save me from the sins I’ve embraced

Pay your respects at the old liquor store

Where I won the battle, but I lost the war

You mine for silver, and I pan for gold

You keep yours hidden, while all my are sold

You tell the truth, and I lie and I barter

And I drink and I cry, and I pass out at night

I’ve always cheated, though I’ve never stolen

I’ve wanted things that you ain’t never thought of

Pay your respects to that gamblin' score

Where I won the battle, and I lost the war

They always told me when death came my sins would be

Cast out, forgotten, laid to rest with my body

Pay your respects to that old church-house door

Where I won the battle, and I lost the war