Coe, David Allan - Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat Lyrics






Now I lay me down to cheat
On the woman I love so
And if I die between these sheets
I pray to God she'll never know

She's the best thing in this life
Why she worships the ground that he walks on
She waits up for him at night and worries
Until he's safely home
And she always believes his stories about overtime
And in 20 years beside him cheatins never crossed her mind

Aw but it crossed his
Early last summer
In a person of a neighbor that she still calls her friend
And with a little push from drinkin one too many one night in the fall he gave in
And now he wishes he could stop himself
But theres no easy way
So he lays down with his lover
And silently he prays

Now I lay me down to cheat
On the woman I love so
And if I die between these sheets
I pray to God she'll never know

In his heart and soul
He knew he was playing a game he could never win
But ya know, forbidden fruit is sweet
Why it was sweet enough to make him risk it all again
And now he's givin up on lookin for a way
To fight the feeling
So he prays this simple pray
And hope it makes it past the hotel ceiling

Now I lay me down to cheat
On the woman I love so
And if I die between these sheets
I pray to God she'll never know





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  1. R.... T....

    DAC is the best and got so little credit What a shame

  2. M.... i....

    Lyrics From A Song Writers Heart....

  3. P.... Y....

    Its gonna hurt when he wakes up.
    :)

  4. J.... K....

    One of his besyt

  5. J.... K....

    He should be in the country music Hall of Fame. Great songwriter and singer.

  6. s.... l....

    This song makes me wish I cheated on my wife more times

  7. s.... l....

    This song makes me wish I came inside that black girl I cheated on my partner with

  8. T.... A....

    Love this song...

  9. M.... B....

    "Now I lay me down to cheat"...."on the woman I love so"....
    This song is *BULLSHIT*. If you *truly love someone*, you won't cheat. *EVER*.

    M.... B....

    Clearly you don't get it

  10. S.... t....

    such an honest song.

  11. G.... L....

    Hell yeah just banged my girlfriends sister good song.

    G.... L....

    Gavin Lee wow lmao

    G.... L....

    Yippee cay aye yay mother fucker

    G.... L....

    Kind of a literal interpretation, eh? :p

  12. A.... ....

    Son bitch a good song to get hammered to

  13. l.... M....

    Love this song

  14. S.... P....

    Castles in the sand is his best album

  15. M.... M....

    All agreed on not having to be a cheater to like the song. Of all things unforgivable I couldn't imagine putting myself in this light. Adultery is a home made sin beginning and ending in lies. There are no real winners only sinners

  16. s.... m....

    Never cheated but been cheated on. Sometimes we're not meant to be together. Wasn't for that horrible time of my life I wouldn't of met my wonderful wife.

  17. M.... S....

    I love me some David Alan Cole all the outlaw & old school country. I grew up on his music along with mostly Hank Williams Jr. I'm not 38 and still listen to 2 of my favorite music Icons. Love them... They always sing songs about the truth and real life along with some of the hard struggles sum deal with daily that leads most of us down the prison road... Sum would say auw they bad people I disagree just made bad choices and we are sum best people in this world you'd ever meet...# realtruthreallifestrughlesallgothroughandmymusiciconshavebroughtmethroughforsure....So to all my outlaw musicians I've got much love for all. The biggest dream I had through all my childhood and still to this day is to hopefully eventually meet the men of music that touch my heart thru years with their words.. It would be a dream come true but 38 yes later unfortunately haven't had the opportunity to do so but someday hope my childhood dreams come true...

  18. c.... y....

    thanks Alabama Native

    c.... y....

    Thanks so much for the inspration
    Today is my first day day including the star motel room

  19. B.... P....

    Real country, not that pop music bubble gum shit they call country today

  20. D.... K....

    One of my all time heroes he is

  21. L.... F....

    Beautiful song, I love everyone but this is my number one favorite

  22. T.... ....

    now i really beat my meat... to the woman i cant have...

  23. J.... M....

    never cheated just have loved this song since i was a kid

    J.... M....

    I'm a whore but that don't make me a bad guy it don't make her a bad girl either 😋

    J.... M....

    Yes it does..lol

  24. R.... H....

    I guess this is supposed to make ME feel guilty. Well no it doesn't. Because I know you all's secrets now. So, I think you all have nerve! A lot of nerve!

  25. R.... H....

    A little self reflection could have shown you that! Just leave it to the morally corrupt person here- I'll let ya' know!

    R.... H....

    Rachel Houtchens
    FOH

  26. R.... H....

    I guess it's my duty to show you people how screwed up you truly are!

  27. R.... H....

    Sound familiar Alison? Shea? Oh supposed to hurt me! I see! Well, to me friendship make the difference! Am I wrong? Does that not make a difference?

  28. M.... B....

    It's the damn truth.

    M.... B....

    Michelle Blackmon yall just have the wrong man

  29. D.... B....

    David Allen Coe, amazing! Now and always.

  30. M.... B....

    all men are whores

    M.... B....

    Michelle Blackmon not all

    M.... B....

    Michelle Blackmon nope just you're men

    M.... B....

    Michelle Blackmon I'm not Michelle

  31. C.... H....

    dedicated to my uncle Jimmie Jordan

  32. D.... T....

    wow Christine. you a awsome lady

  33. A.... ....

    Ridiculous lyrics.

    A.... ....

    Athenian888 yes

  34. J.... G....

    Raw, real and beautiful. DAC is one of the very best in Country Music.

  35. W.... T....

    Country always has had lots of cheating and drinking songs. David was one of the best at both. You don't have to like cheating to like the music.

  36. C.... C....

    I would hope that u would never cheat on me. You know that I love u more than life itself and I would never even think about cheating on you because I know how much it would hurt me and u. And u made me a promise to to never do that. I love u more than life itself Ronnie Lambert. U r my heart and soul,

    C.... C....

    Wanna go to dinner

    C.... C....

    Ma'am this is a McDonald's....

    C.... C....

    Wanna fuck

  37. s.... b....

    I believe he wrote that song about me I love it like him ive been in a jail cell to but not asex affender nothing  like that

  38. M.... M....

    One reason he did not go far. He wrote bad songs about black people. But I love his voice.

    M.... M....

    what a stupid reason

    M.... M....

    Martin McArthur actually he never got mainstream fame due to DAC being a rebel and not a trashville clone

    M.... M....

    Whatever

  39. h.... r....

    one of the great writer/singers, if it wasn't for the hate filled songs and foul language he would have been one of been on the same level as George Jones and Conway Twitty. Mona Lisa lost her smile and Please come to Boston are two I love to hear him sing

    h.... r....

    he still worth millions

  40. N.... H....

    Don't do it David. You'll regret it forever.

  41. S.... ....

    I am sorry about your wife. How long has it been?

  42. S.... ....

    I am sorry about your wife

  43. D.... L....

    p.s. and u too joey ludke LUCK 25 years ago.

  44. D.... L....

    this shit hurts so much. this happen to me; fuck u reggie

  45. a.... ....

    you are a douchebag bro

    a.... ....

    acydicrxn well its coutry gonna tear ur heart out peice by piece throw it in the ground ans step on it thats how u feel the pain of whay they went threw bad choices drinkin all the time the real stuff about why country music is country music not that Nashville poster boys

    a.... ....

    Fuck you coe is a great singer and songwriter told great stories

  46. r.... k....

    DAMN BRO, THAT IS SAD, IM SO SORRY FOR UR LOSS

  47. J.... T....

    this is the story of my life...how many good girls ive let get away due to that forbidden fruit, he says is sweet...boy it is sweet but nothing like the loves in our lives being ruined due to our selfishness...i'll never be able to tell the girl i was with for 5 years how i wished i could just take those selfish days back because i realize how special she really was to me and not as replaceable as i thought...women filled a void in my life that is now a whole in my heart and i regret it

    J.... T....

    Justin Tesene I'm glad u could see that, it's so true, my husband introduced me to this particular song, then cheated the next year after 30 yes together, oh the pain he caused

  48. H.... M....

    cool story bro.

  49. j.... ....

    I jerked off on the gas tank of my Harley, I love her so!

  50. l.... l....

    I think of this song every time I cheat

    l.... l....

    lamont lowery Hahahaha

  51. R.... R....

    my life...in reverse

  52. J.... K....

    i feel this everyday

  53. l.... j....

    he should have been

  54. S.... S....

    Just hope she doesn't run across your comment.

  55. J.... W....

    Coe did a good job with this song like always but he wasn't all that popular with country radio even back in the good old days.

  56. J.... W....

    That song should have been a much bigger hit than it was. Conway Twitty could have made this a MONSTER hit.

    J.... W....

    Jeffery Willoughby your an idiot

    J.... W....

    Jeffery Willoughby noboboy sings like Dac don't get me wrong I love Conway but you don't know jack to say something so stupid

  57. t.... ....

    Long live DAC

    t.... ....

    Still alive today