He was just a Rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright
As he checked all his equipment and made sure his pack was tight
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar
You ain't gonna jump no more...!
CHORUS:
Gory Gory, what a helluvaway to die
Gory Gory, what a helluvaway to die
Gory Gory, what a helluvaway to die
And he ain't gonna jump no more !
Is everybody happy said the sergeant looking up
Our Hero feebly answered, Yes, and then they stood him up
He jumped into the icey blast, his Static Line unhooked
And he ain't gonna jump no more !
CHORUS:
He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock
He felt the wind, he felt the cloud, he felt the awful drop
He jerked his cord, the silk spilled out and wrapped around his legs
And he ain't gonna jump no more !
CHORUS:
The risers wrapped around his neck, connectors cracked his dome
The lines were snarled and tied in knots, around his skinny bones
The canopy became his shroud, he hurtled to the ground
And he ain't gonna jump no more !
CHORUS:
The days he lived and loved and laughed, kept running through his mind
He thought about the girl back home, the one he left behind
He thought about the medics and he wondered what they would find
And he ain't gonna jump no more...
CHORUS:
The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild
The medic clapped their hands with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled
For it had been a week or more since last a chute had failed
And he ain't gonna jump no more !
CHORUS:
Medic arriving on the spot...
He hit the ground, the sound was 'SPLAT', the blood went spurting high
His buddies all were heard to say 'WHAT A HELLUVAWAY TO DIE !'
He lay there rolling round in the welter of his gore
And he ain't gonna jump no more !
CHORUS:
There was Blood upon the Risers, there were brains upon the chute
Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit
The medics picked him up and poured him gently from his boots
And he ain't gonna jump no more
CHORUS:
They operated all night through but it was in despair,
For every bone that he possessed was ruined beyond repair;
And so he was buried then, his silken 'chute his shroud
And he ain't gonna jump no more.
CHORUS:
They say he went to heaven and arriving there I'm told
He got a pair of silver boots and a parachute of gold;
He may be very happy there but i'll stick here below
Cause he ain't gonna jump no more...
Gory Gory, what a helluvaway to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE...
Gory Gory, what a helluvaway to die
Gory Gory, what a helluvaway to die
And he ain't gonna jump no more !
