"Lucky To Be Alive" lyrics

Mama went off with another man
When I was only three
Daddy took to drinking
For years he took it out on me
Just a kid when I left home
I turned eighteen in jail
Looking back I shoulda known
I never had a chance in hell

I'm lucky to be alive
It's only by the grace of God that I survived
Many times I shoulda been dead
But I spit in the devil's eye instead
I'm lucky to be alive

I learned to drink like my old man
Raised a lotta cane
I could say it was all his fault
But I've only got myself to blame
Got caught with another man's woman
He pulled a gun and lost his nerve
If he'da killed right then and there
I'd have got what I deserved

I'm lucky to be alive
It's only by the grace of God that I survived
Many times I shoulda been dead
But I spit in the devil's eye instead
I'm lucky to be alive

Truth is you can't judge me
Whether I'm damned to say it
Meet the man that makes the call
On that Judgment Day

I'm lucky to be alive
It's only by the grace of God that I survived
Many times I shoulda been dead
But I spit in the devil's eye instead
I'm lucky to be alive