Living with my back against the wall
Nowhere but forward to fall
I close my eyes, somebody catch my breath
Oh, my Lord, let's get on board, the ride's gonna scare me to d**h, yeah
Oh, I don't wanna leave before my time is done
Don't wanna stick around when my race is run
I don't wanna go before they call my dance
Don't wanna die asking for another chance
Come help me, Poor Richard, won't you help me raise a gla**?
Well, here's to me, here's to you, may your dreams all come to pa**
Cruel trick of time is played in the wink of an eye
Heavens above don't need no shove, years go sailing by, yeah
Oh, I don't wanna leave before my time is done
Don't wanna stick around when my race is run
I don't wanna go before they call my dance
Don't wanna die asking for another chance, yeah
Another game of chance, a lifetime come and gone
I guess it's up to me, don't wanna sing another man's song
I wanna say what Grandma said, lying on her dying bed
"Yeah, been cheated, mistreated, don't have to sign out yet, yeah"
Oh, I don't wanna leave before my time is done
Don't wanna stick around when my race is run
I don't wanna go before they call my dance
Don't wanna die asking for another chance
No, not another chance
No, not another chance
Oh yeah...