Once my future was shiny as the Seat of my pants are today Then old mother luck and all her Daughters started duckin' me When i finally got tired of just sittin' there Watching my life slip away I said i better start takin' all the living That's a-comin' to me Chorus: Now i love too much, fight too much Stay out late at night too much But you bet your butt i'm going to Live before i die And i may smoke too much, drink too much Every blessed thing too much It's a low-down life, but it ain't gonna pass me by I don't care if the world don't ever hear The sound of my name And old mother luck and all her daughters Keep a-duckin' me As long as that cat that i gotta look at when I shave ain't ashamed There ain't no jody in the world I'd ever rather be. Chorus: Now i love too much, fight too much Stay out late at night too much But you bet your butt i'm going to Live before i die And i may smoke too much, drink too much Every blessed thing too much It's a low-down life, but it ain't gonna pass me by