Everyone Gets a Turn to Rot

If sit-ups don't keep the scythe at bay At least they look good on paper Eden's most bizarre accident is but One way to meet your maker Down the hatch, I know that it's a tough pill to swallow Can't outmatch what is certain Well certainly not Can't skip a fate so seldom sought You can barter and haggle trying to keep yourself off a gurney You can plead for some more before dirt gets poured in your plot You can hope to find significance in the sound and fury But don't worry, everyone gets a turn to rot To rot To rot To rot Did the patch and the gum but then Drove straight into a house fire We're all putty in the palms of that Pesky ol' great equalizer Doc says "you're as healthy as an appaloosa" 'Til the day those teeth in your mouth will start selling you out and they'll shoot ya Fingers crossed more later than sooner You can barter and haggle trying to keep yourself off a gurney You can plead for some more before dirt gets poured in your plot You can hope to find significance in the sound and fury But don't worry, everyone gets a turn to rot To rot To rot To rot It's no night/knight at the beach, still you can't cheat at chess We feel anxious adorned in our Sunday best You got to pay respects While our eyes scan the pews wondering who is going next I guess it's all for the birds When we become food for the worms I guess it's all for the birds When we become food for the worms I guess it's all for the birds When we become food for the worms I guess it's all for the birds For the birds For the birds For the birds It's a tough pill, I know Might get lodged in your throat Just to be your time to go You can barter and haggle trying to keep yourself off a gurney You can plead for some more before dirt gets poured in your plot You can hope to find significance in the sound and fury But don't worry, everyone gets a turn to rot To rot To rot To rot Everyone gets a turn to (Turn to rot) Everyone gets a turn to (Turn to rot) Everyone gets a turn to (Turn to rot) Well everyone gets a turn to