Verse 1: Hank Williams died when I was five, He sang I'll never get out of this world alive, Now it's been a long time since I was that kid.. And I've seen a lot more than Hank ever did I've done the down and out of every dark-end dive, But I'll never get out of your love alive Verse 2: Sam Cooke met the woman at the well, She told him that his song was something he could never sell But I think he knew a change was gonna come, Still he lived to fast and he died too young. Well, dying young, I have survived, But I'll never get out of your love alive Bridge: I got washed in the blood of Bill Monroe When he sang about the blues and the body and soul He believed in a God that could raise the dead, Still it's a mighty dark night to travel, he said I've seen a mighty dark night and I made that drive But I'll never get out of your live Solo Verse 3: Robert Johnson had a hell hound on his trail, It drove him to the coffin like a hammer and a nail. It takes a powerful man to carry that load When you're trying to beat the devil to the old crossroads. I wrestled the devil, lived to testify, But I'll never get out of your love alive.