"I'm In I'm Out And I'm Gone (The Machine Shop Session)" lyrics

One, two
One, two, three

Don't want no high-rise tombstone
Gonna gather up my saints
Don't wanna hear you fussing
If it is or if it ain't
If it is or if it ain't
And my life needs no witness
And my burden is my own
My burden is my own
My burden

And I'm in I'm out and I'm gone

Gotta answer to somebody
Gotta answer to somebody
If you didn't learn then you didn't read
What's a man to do
What's a man to do
Gotta answer to somebody
Answer to somebody
Gotta answer
Answer yeah

And I'm in I'm out and I'm gone

The death-row preacher
Came to the backdoor to greet her
Oh he'd blame her
For trusting the one-armed lion tamer

She stepped in from the storm
How could you be dry as a bone
The preacher thought to himself
The devil takes
The devil takes care of his own

She said, "Look what your prayers
Look what they've done to me
Look what your prayers've done to me
What can your prayers do for me?"
Preacher said, "Careful talking to yourself
'Cause you may be listening
Careful talking to yourself
'Cause you may be listening."

I'm in I'm out and I'm gone
I'm gone
Gone
Gone
Gone
Gone