Needles were stabbed into the walls The executioner's curtain call Fighting back he found his life drowning
'Cause Richard hung himself It happened just the other day Jesus come and pushed him off the shelf
He thought he'd find a better way than stealing And slamming, and maiming, and ramming The death who wears black curtains wears clothes
What's right the roof kicked out the road Tie the rafters, a clinking of his chair And he's all through, if Richie only knew
'Cause Richard hung himself It happened just the other day Jesus come and push him off the shelf
He thought he found a better way His life suddenly flashed right before his eyes What a swinging guy turning gray
With mold, yuck this is how he died Give it up, give it up, throw it all away Boiling acid bath, pulmonary wrath
Feel the pulling surge, it won't let you go Throw it all away, throw it all away Throw it all a, throw it all a, throw it all away
Swinging in his room, Richard won't come out to play 'Cause Richie hung himself the other day Oh, how the world seems to fly by
'Cause Richard hung himself It happened just the other day Jesus come and push him off the shelf
He thought he found a better way By stealing, and tearing, and ripping And slamming and tripping
And scoring, and laughing, and laughing And screaming, and hurting, and tearing And being, and taking the body
I gotta get out, what do I do? Die