by T-Bone Burnett and Warren Zevon. c. 1980 Zevon Music and Black Tent Music (BMI) Black Tent Music admin. by the Bug Music Group. I've been lying in a bed of coals. I've been cryng out of control. I roll and I tumble. Every time I come down. I'm too old to die young. And too young to die now. I've been sleeping on a bed of nails. I've been bleeding---it never fails. I feel every needle. That pierced through my heart. I'm too old to die young. And I can't play the part. Bed of coals. Bed of nails. Through the smoke. Behind the veils. Bed of coals. Bed of nails. Through the smoke. Behind the veils. I"ve been lying in a bed of stone. I"ve been dying all alone. I pray for the power to turn it around. I'm too old to die young. And too young to die now. Bed of coals. Bed of nails. Through the smoke. Behind the veils. Bed of coals. Bed of nails. Through the smoke. Behind the veils.