Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, And he ain't gonna jump no more!
"Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up Our Hero meekly answered "Yes," and then they stood him up He leaped right out into the blast, his static line unhooked And he ain't gonna jump no more!
Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, And he ain't gonna jump no more!
He counted loud, he counted long, he waited for the shock He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt that awful drop The silk from his reserves spilled out and wrapped around his legs And he ain't gonna jump no more!
The risers wrapped around his neck, connectors cracked his dome Suspension lines were tied in knots, around his skinny bones The canopy became a shroud as he hurtled to the ground And he ain't gonna jump no more!
Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, And he ain't gonna jump no more!
The days he'd 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'd find And he ain't gonna jump no more!
The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild The medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled For it had been a week or so since last a chute had failed And he ain't gonna jump no more!
He hit the ground, the sound was splat, the blood went spurting high His comrades were heard to say "What a helluva way to die!" He lay there rolling around in all the welter of his gore And he ain't gonna jump no more!
Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, And he ain't gonna jump no more!
There was blood upon the risers; there was brains upon his chute Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit They poured him from his helmet, and they poured him from his boots And he ain't gonna jump no more!
Beautiful streamer please open for me Blue skies above me, and no canopy I counted ten thousand waited too long Reached for my ripcord, the handle was gone
Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, And he ain't gonna jump no more!
[00:00.00]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [00:07.00]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [00:14.75]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [00:21.49]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [00:25.80] [00:26.49]"Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up [00:30.00]Our Hero meekly answered "Yes," and then they stood him up [00:34.21]He leaped right out into the blast, his static line unhooked [00:38.32]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [00:42.00] [00:42.56]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [00:46.74]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [00:51.05]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [00:55.13]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [00:59.37] [00:59.92]He counted loud, he counted long, he waited for the shock [01:07.89]He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt that awful drop [01:12.27]The silk from his reserves spilled out and wrapped around his legs [01:16.49]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [01:20.42] [01:21.10]The risers wrapped around his neck, connectors cracked his dome [01:25.01]Suspension lines were tied in knots, around his skinny bones [01:29.20]The canopy became a shroud as he hurtled to the ground [01:33.33]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [01:37.33] [01:37.95]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [01:41.80]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [01:46.09]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [01:50.23]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [01:54.14] [01:54.84]The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind [02:04.01]He thought about the girl back home, the one he left behind [02:12.65]He thought about the medics, and he wondered what they'd find [02:17.68]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [02:21.24] [02:21.89]The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild [02:29.70]The medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled [02:33.75]For it had been a week or so since last a chute had failed [02:37.81]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [02:41.51] [02:42.30]He hit the ground, the sound was splat, the blood went spurting high [02:46.40]His comrades were heard to say "What a helluva way to die!" [02:50.36]He lay there rolling around in all the welter of his gore [02:54.53]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [02:57.81] [02:58.81]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [03:03.22]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [03:07.31]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [03:11.26]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [03:15.39] [03:16.00]There was blood upon the risers; there was brains upon his chute [03:25.36]Intestines were a-dangling from his paratrooper suit [03:34.12]They poured him from his helmet, and they poured him from his boots [03:39.29]And he ain't gonna jump no more! [03:42.79] [03:43.37]Beautiful streamer please open for me [03:48.08]Blue skies above me, and no canopy [03:54.43]I counted ten thousand waited too long [03:58.89]Reached for my ripcord, the handle was gone [04:04.26] [04:04.80]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [04:08.66]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [04:13.09]Gory, gory, what a hellu’va (hell of a) way to die, [04:19.71]And he ain't gonna jump no more!
