[ti:Better Off Dead] [ar:Bill Withers] [al:Bill Withers Live At Carnegie Hall] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Better off Dead (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1972) - Bill Withers [00:23.69]She couldn't stand me anymore [00:26.19]So she just took the kids and went [00:34.61]You see I've got a drinkin problem [00:38.23]All the money that we had I spent [00:46.18]Now I must die by my own hand [00:49.26]Cause I'm not man enough to live alone [00:57.05]She's better off without me [01:00.00]And I'm better off dead now that she's gone [01:08.74]She gave the most took the least [01:11.80]And she even had the priest come to our home [01:19.35]And I cried and prayed and promised God [01:23.97]That I'd leave the stuff alone [01:31.41]Now I must die by my own hand [01:34.50]Cause I'm not man enough to live alone [01:42.49]She's better off without me [01:45.29]And I'm better off dead now that she's gone [01:53.63]She used to call her friend and cry [01:57.63]Then the man cut off the telephone [02:05.80]She'd sit and cry while I went out [02:08.95]And pawned the things we owned [02:16.46]Now I must die by my own hand [02:19.48]Cause I'm not man enough to live alone [02:27.37]She's better off without me [02:30.07]And I'm better off dead