You been always kickin'
Jack, you're dead
When that happens to you, daddy
All the breath has leaked out of you
Jack, you're dead
Jack, you're dead
When you get no kicks from lovin'
Rigor mortise has set in, daddy
And you blow your top instead
Jack, you're dead
Jack, you're dead
If you ain't got no red corpuscles
When you ups and kicks the bucket
When you get no kicks from lovin'
Jack, you're dead
But you stubbed your toes
It's a fact that you ain't livin'
But you stubbed your toes
And the news begin to spread
When a chick is smilin' at you
What's the use of havin' muscles
Since you gone and lost your head
When you ups and kicks the bucket
Even though there's nothin' said
When you just ain't got nobody
If you don't respond to romance
And look at you and say, "Don't he look natural?"
If your friends gather round the bed
You stand there like a statue
All the cats will holler, "Murder"
If your life hangs by a thread
Just like ole man, Mose
You been always kickin'
Just like ole man, Mose
