| Song | Better Off Dead |
| Artist | Bill Withers |
| Album | Just As I Am |
| She couldn't stand me anymore so she just took the kids and went. | |
| You see, I've got a drinkin' problem, all the money that we had | |
| I spent. Now | |
| I must die by my own hand ‘cause | |
| I'm not man enough to live alone. | |
| Hey, hey, she's better off without me and | |
| I'm better off dead now that she's gone. | |
| Ah, she gave the most, took the least, she even had the priest come to our home. | |
| And I cried and prayed and promised that | |
| I'd leave the stuff alone. | |
| Now I must leave what | |
| I can't face, | |
| I hope she finds the kids a happy home. | |
| Hey, hey she's better off without me and | |
| I'm better off dead now that she's gone. | |
| She used to call her friend and cry, then the man cut off the telephone. | |
| She'd sit and cry while | |
| I went out and pawned the things we owned. | |
| Now I must die by my own hand ‘cause | |
| I'm not man enough to live alone. | |
| Hey, hey she's better off without me and | |
| I'm better off dead. |
| She couldn' t stand me anymore so she just took the kids and went. | |
| You see, I' ve got a drinkin' problem, all the money that we had | |
| I spent. Now | |
| I must die by my own hand cause | |
| I' m not man enough to live alone. | |
| Hey, hey, she' s better off without me and | |
| I' m better off dead now that she' s gone. | |
| Ah, she gave the most, took the least, she even had the priest come to our home. | |
| And I cried and prayed and promised that | |
| I' d leave the stuff alone. | |
| Now I must leave what | |
| I can' t face, | |
| I hope she finds the kids a happy home. | |
| Hey, hey she' s better off without me and | |
| I' m better off dead now that she' s gone. | |
| She used to call her friend and cry, then the man cut off the telephone. | |
| She' d sit and cry while | |
| I went out and pawned the things we owned. | |
| Now I must die by my own hand cause | |
| I' m not man enough to live alone. | |
| Hey, hey she' s better off without me and | |
| I' m better off dead. |