when you got no more assurance than a great big hunk o lead if you don t respond to romance jack you re dead when a chick is smilin at you even though there s nothin said if you stand there like a statue jack you re dead you been always kickin but you stubbed your toes when you ups and kicks the bucket just like ol man mose when you get no kicks from lovin and you blow your top instead it s a fact that you ain t livin jack you re dead when you just ain t got nobody since you gone and lost your head rigor mortis has set in daddy jack you re dead what s the use of havin muscles when your life hangs by a thread if you ain t got no red corpuscles jack you re dead if you can t get with em when the band comes on if you just ain t got no rhythm man you re really gone you can t go any further and the news begins to spread all the cats will holler murder jack you re dead you been always kickin but you stubbed your toes when you ups and kicks the bucket just like ole man mose when you get no kicks from lovin and the news begins to spread all the cats will holler murder jack you re dead all the breath has leaked out of you if your friends gather round the bed and look at you and say mm mm don t he look natural when that happens to you daddy jack you re dead
['jazz blues', 'rhythm and blues', 'swing']