I'm painting, I paint a picture in your mind If you're driving roads to suicide, I know you can sympathize If your lover is a cheatin' and you're blinded by the pain Your honeymoon in summer is a picnic in the rain You'll be grateful when you're dead Yeah you'll be grateful when you're dead Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba I'm shaking, I shake the spear before your eyes Well if you know your history, you will read between the lines If you're waiting for a vision, to illuminate your mind Oh leave this world of misery, oh leave it all behind You'll be grateful when you're dead Yeah you'll be grateful when you're dead Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba When you're dead You'll be grateful when you're dead Yes you'll be grateful when you're dead Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Oh yeah When you're dead When you're dead I'm telling you man, Jerry was there I could feel his presence everywhere Oh I'm telling you man, Jerry was there You could feel his presence everywhere Jerry was there Jerry was there Jerry was there Jerry was there I seen him man - looked me right in the face! Yeah!