Slow Death

by Jeffrey Gutcheon
©2002, Uncle Mike Music, ASCAP

No chance you're gonna cheat your fate
Can't beat your expiration date
The only question 'bout the way you go—
Is it gonna be fast or slow?

I don't want a slow death
Don't want to have a slow death
Got to get me a fast death
Don't want none of them slow death
I don't want to feel no pain
I wants to exit in the fast lane
I can't see no gain
From having a slow death

Buddy Holly died for you and me
When he was nearly 23
What a beautiful legacy
Rock and Rollin' through eternity

He didn't feel no pain
He hit the ground in a light plain
In the snow and the freezin' rain
He musta had a fast death

The grim reaper's gonna reap his reap
Black angel do the midnight creep
I plan to be fast asleep
Like I was already 6-foot deep

Ain't gonna have a slow death
Don't want to have a slow death
Gonna get me a fast death
Don't want none of them slow death
I ain't gonna feel no pain
I'm gonna exit in the fast lane
I can't see no gain
From having a slow death

From the CD titled Down On The Borderline on Cool Groove Records CD 102