You, you never wondered why
Why you'd need an alibi
Don't you know not to get high
On your own formaldehyde?
Ain't nobody makes it out alive
The jugular is a good place to get started
Sometimes it's best to rip it right out

Jump back, let the air condition
Now it's dull black, once was grey
Knocked flat, but he's up again
That's why the cold slap got its name
Well, it's not bad for a broken man
'Cause it's a, a known fact, it's no game
It's no game, it's no game, it's no

You, you never wondered at all
What's the harm in getting a little comfortable?
But you didn't wanna bother trouble
Till you saw 'em with their shovels
Ain't the type to listen to rebuttals
The jugular is an easy target
Sometimes it's best to rip it right out

Jump back, 'cause it's always been
Somehow the cold facts lay there plain
Exactly just what they meant
When they said all that stays is the stain
You know that this ain't no age of the innocent
And it's a, a known fact, it's no game
It's no game, it's no game, it's no

Only one thing, only one thing comes in coffins
Down at the cemetery it ain't exactly hoppin'
Don't fear John the Revelator
There's time enough for dying later
At least that's what I read in Sunday's papers
The jugular is a good place to get started
Sometimes it's best to rip it right out