There are things that I've done that has been good and alright
But mostly I've been suffering from wounds and snakbites
When thunderstorms are raging I gotta go and buy a kite
And I'll snort any powder that's cheap and white

That's just the way it is
I live in a self-destructive way
I need a cocktail based on poison
To get me through the day

I'm slurping up a mixture from the drinkbook of Jim Jones
Yeah, I can't resist a bottle with them skull and bones
Gotta get some action and I don't care in which way
Paid the maker a visit but he didn't want me anyway

That's just the way it is
I live in a self-destructive way
I need a cocktail based on poison
To get me through the day

I feel like an attraction in some freakshow act
But this is how I live and there is no way back
I spin the chamber when the days get slow
I've cheated death ten days in a row