Take the lid off of life, let me look at the worksnit's no accident I changed my namenLong Dead SlimnnI went downtown to see if I could findnThe woman he said had been on his mindnBut she weren't therennWell pull back the branches and tear up the rootsnThat's the part I like the bestnBorn againnnHe said to me I don't undenstandnit happened in thirty-threenLong Dead SlimnnA beam falls at random and you disappearnLike a fist when you open your handnLong Dead SlimnnJean Paul and me were travelling down southnHe wouldn't look me in the eyenLong Dead SlimnnTake the lid off of life, let me look at the worksnit's no accident I changed my namenLong Dead Slim