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Die When I'm High (Halfway to Heaven)

from Time Capsule by Particle Kid

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“Sometime back in December 2020, in between endless rounds of chess and dominos, my dad looked up at me and said, ‘If I die when I’m high I’ll be halfway to heaven’. It took me a second to process, but I said , ‘Dad, that's the best song title I ever heard. You better write the rest of it quick.’ He said. ‘Why don’t you write it?’ So I did. That night I wrote it for him, about him. It’s really just a love letter to him. A tribute." - Micah Nelson

lyrics

Well I figured trigger would outlive my liver but I’m still here writing songs
Or if I reached my my age I'd forget how to play
Well I guess I proved me wrong
They say use it or lose it and I’ll do it again
My half-crazy mind is my oldest friend

Well I never expected that my redneck confessions
Would be sung by this old man
Or if living so hard I would make it this far
I said catch me if you can

Use it or lose it so I’ll do it again
That lost highway life is my oldest friend

I was born in a barn
And the door was wide open
I ran out before learned to crawl
And If I die when I’m high
I’ll be halfway to heaven
Or I might have a long way to fall

The paper today said I'm changing my ways
And my time’s been slowing down
They say people my age are expected to fade
Well I’m afraid I’ve let them down

You gotta use it or lose it and I’ll choose how it ends
If I could only get back on the road again

I was born in a barn
And the door was wide open
I ran out before learned to crawl
And If I die when I’m high
I’ll be halfway to heaven
Or I might have a long way to fall

credits

from Time Capsule, released April 22, 2022
"Die When I'm High (Halfway to Heaven)"
Written by Micah Nelson (Particle Kid)

Willie Nelson appears courtesy of Legacy Recordings
www.legacyrecordings.com
Micah Nelson appears courtesy of Overseas Artists Recordings
www.overseasartists.com

Co-produced by Micah Nelson, Gordon Zacharias, Steve Chadie

Mixed by Gordon Zacharias, additional mixing by Steve Chadie and Micah Nelson

Micah Nelson: vox, bass, drums, guitar
Willie Nelson: Vox, guitar
Mickey Raphael: Harmonica
Gordon Zacharias: Piano

Recorded at Hen House Studio, Pedernales Studio, and Leelanath

© & ℗ 2022 Overseas Artists Recordings
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