I told my mom goodbye when I was eighteen She told me bye for good at age seventy-three She was an angel right here on earth There was sure a fine line between heaven and her I went and married the woman I loved Three years of me later she had enough Just one more angel I didn't deserve There was sure a fine line between heaven and her Feels like everything I love I lose And God giveth and He takes away Prayin's the right thing to do But I don't fell like prayin' today So I think I'll just sit here And drink for a spell 'Cause there's sure a fine line between heaven and hell Now I'm headed nowhere ninety-nine miles an hour In a '62 Dodge with three hundred horsepower If she holds together I might get the nerve To cross that fine line between heaven and her Feels like everything I love I lose And God giveth and He takes away Prayin's the right thing to do But I don't feel like prayin' today So maybe I'll just slow down And think for a spell 'Cause there's sure a fine line between heaven and hell.