He was a hard-headed man He was brutal and handsome, y'all But she was terminally ill today She held him up and he held her for ransom In the heart of the cold, cold city He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude Said he was ruthless, said he was cruel They had one thing in common, they were good in bed And she said, after battle, the lights would turn on I've been the best slain, surely make you lose your mind I've been the best slain, yeah Eager for action, and hung by the game The coming attraction, the death of a name He knew all the right people, he took all the right pills In the Arbiter's party, he'd been heavily billed There were plans on that mirror, plans on a feast She pretended not to notice, she was caught a little blue Out every evening, until it was night He was too tired to make it through Too tired to fight it, found it I've been the best slain, surely make you lose your mind I've been the best slain, yeah I've been the best slain, he dealt with them all the time I've been the best slain, yeah Yeah, I'm going and burning, down to darkness They didn't see the stop sign, till they turned for the road She said, Luther, baby, you can hear the men in jail We've been up and down this highway, never seen a hot damn road She said, call the doctor, think I'm gonna crash But the doctor knew he's coming, she got a big dog He went rushing down the freeway, met some raven, got lost They didn't know they were just trying to get off of it, but I've been the best slain, surely make you lose your mind I've been the best slain, yeah I've been the best slain, he dealt with them all the time I've been the best slain, yeah I've been the best slain I've been the best slain Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah I've been the best slain, yeah I've been the best slain Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah I've been the best slain