REAPER

WE STOOD IN TOTAL SILENCE

AFRAID TO TAKE A BREATH

SOME GUY IN LINE GOT SO INTENSE

HE JUST KEELED OVER, IN DEATH

WE WAITED FOR AN AMBULANCE

TO COME SCEAMING IN ON US

BUT DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES

HE WAS HAULED OFF IN A BUS

IT'S NOT SO FUNNY WHEN THE REAPER CALLS

AND BECKONS YOU GO WITH HIM

IT'S ENOUGH TO SHRIVEL UP YOUR BALLS

WHEN THE LIGHTS BEGIN TO DIM

THIS POOR OLD GUY WAS ON HIS WAY

TO THE LAND OF "LET'S PRETEND"

IT'S SAFE TO SAY HE HAD NO SAY

TO THE WAY HE MET HIS END

SO LET'S ALL PLEDGE FOR HEAVENS SAKE

TO REMEMBER THOSE BEFORE US,

IF WE DIE BEFORE WE WAKE

PLEASE MAKE NO BLESSED FUSS

C.K.R.

7/8/94