Better Off Dead

Bill Withers * Track #12 On Just As I Am

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Album Just As I Am

ALBUM

Bill Withers

1971

Better Off Dead by Bill Withers

Performed by

Bill Withers

Produced by

Booker T. Jones

Writed by

Bill Withers

About

This bleak tune tells the story of an alcoholic who chooses to take his own life after his wife leaves him and takes their children with her. It is the final track on the album and ends with a shotgun being fired, seemingly ending the life of the singer.

Better Off Dead Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
Now I must die by my own hand
'Cause I'm not man enough to live alone
And she's better off without me
And I'm better off dead now that she's gone

[Verse 2]
Ah, she gave the most, took the least
And she even had the priest come to our home
And I cried and prayed and promised
That I'd leave the stuff alone

[Chorus]
Now I must leave what I can't face
I hope she finds the kids a happy home
And she's better off without me
And I'm better off dead now that she's gone

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
Now I must die by my own hand
'Cause I'm not man enough to live alone
And she's better off without me
And I'm better off dead...*gunshot*

Better Off Dead Q&A

Who wrote Better Off Dead's ?

Better Off Dead was written by Bill Withers.

Who produced Better Off Dead's ?

Better Off Dead was produced by Booker T. Jones.

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