(J.J. Dupree)

As I sit here grinning like a mule eating briars

It occurs to me that I lost something that was a part of me

And it fills this empty house with a feeling

A feeling of even greater emptiness

(Chorus)

God strike me dead if I'm never gonna see

My soul come together again

My lifeline's stretched and now it's thin

Please God strike me dead if I'm never gonna see

My soul come together again

And it's getting purt' near the point

Of feeling pretty numb as I start to think

Of all the things that I wish

That I could change and then some

And the numbness turns into pain

And underneath there shows a stain

I try me best to try to hide the things

That eat me up inside

(Chorus)

God strike me dead if I'm never gonna see

My soul come together again

My lifeline's stretched and now it's thin

Please God strike me dead if I'm never gonna see

My soul come together again

(Bridge)

And I know more every day

Just exactly how it came to be this way

One more chance I'd steal it

One chance to do it again, again

(Chorus)

God strike me dead if I'm never gonna see

My soul come together again

My lifeline's stretched and now it's thin

Please God strike me dead if I'm never gonna see

My soul come together again

God strike me dead, God strike me dead

God strike me dead