The Party's Good on the Road to Hell

She said she knew the way, I was just 16
She flipped me her car keys, then taught me everything
Sneaking into bars, palming cards and poker bluffs
How to outrun the law while picking her handcuffs

Deep sea treasure hunting, laundering gold doubloons
Celebrating with good rum under a Caribbean moon
Charming both the princess and her mom the queen
In our Vegas penthouse, rich from roulette schemes
She said

"You can't lay low if you wanna live high
You gotta play all your cards before you die
It's boring being safe, can't stay in one place
Got too many demons out there giving chase
Now some hands won't win, some cons go bust
We'll only get so close, it won't be love
There'll be some regret, some secrets you can't tell
But the party's good on the road to hell"

She found us the best fun, frat house to royal ball
New Orleans Mardi Gras, Brazil for Carnival
I was her James Bond, martini, caviar
Cruising at one-forty, chilling in her black Jaguar

We hosted kings and mafia, played golf with Presidents
Ran naked with the bulls, sang with Bono and The Edge
Walked down that red carpet with Johnny Depp in tow
We flew F-16s and rockets as far as they could go
She said

"You can't lay low if you wanna live high
You gotta play all your cards before you die
It's boring being safe, can't stay in one place
Got too many demons out there giving chase
Now some hands won't win, some cons go bust
We'll only get so close, it won't be love
There'll be some regret, some secrets you can't tell
But the party's good on the road to hell"

My sister's boy came to me for advice
And I could see adventure in his eyes
He was just like me at that age
So I sat him down and I gave it to him straight
I said

"You can't lay low if you wanna live high
You gotta play all your cards before you die
It's boring being safe, don't stay in one place
Got too many demons out there giving chase
Now some hands won't win, some cons go bust
You'll only get so close, you won't find love
There'll be some regret, some secrets you can't tell
But the party's good on the road to hell
Oh yeah the party's good on the road to hell"

"My girl was good at everything and she knew where that road went
But the one thing she couldn't do was get off before the end
So promise me this .. Even if she begs you to stay
When you see that last exit, don't you hesitate
When you see that last exit, don't you hesitate"