STILL ALIVE Lyrics

Did you read about that man who weighed fifty stone?

Got so fat he couldn't leave his home

To him every minute was his dinner time

Now he's got a belly nature never designed

Gorging and feasting, morning, noon and night

Wore a tarpaulin for his trousers (but they were still too tight)

They say his heart gave up, couldn't take anymore

And on his tombstone is written: 'Please Sir, I Want Some More'

Why, oh why, do we gamble with our lives?

We tempt the hand of fate like the rolling of a dice

My, oh my, they're gonna kick the bucket

'Yeah, they're still alive, but they're working on it'

Did you hear about the man who took every kind of pill?

Did it 'cos he wanted to, not 'cos he was ill

Illegal or prescription, he just swallowed the lot

Tipped them down his throat and dropped dead on the spot

Why, oh why, do we gamble with our lives?

We tempt the hand of fate like the rolling of a dice

My, oh my, they're gonna kick the bucket

'Yeah, they're still alive, but they're working on it'

This is why our graveyards are full up to the brim

With those who took on nature and really thought they'd win

Were told 'em all the warnings, they paid no mind at all

But as they say, pride comes before a fall

Or what about that girl, she used to like a gamble

Bet that she could jump across the English Channel

Took a mighty run and tried to clear the water

Now she lives in Davey Jones' locker

Why, oh why, do we gamble with our lives?

We tempt the hand of fate like the rolling of a dice

My, oh my, they're gonna kick the bucket

'Yeah, they're still alive, but they're working on it'