Why do you talk when you should listen?

Why do you rape when you should pay?

Where do you stand when we're assigned to good or bad?

May your sins be forgiven

Half an hour before the devil knows you're dead

May all your sins be forgiven

Before the devil knows you're dead

May all your sins be forgiven

Why do you plunge when you should stand up?

Why do you kill when you should praise?

What do they say, those insane voices in your head?

May your soul arrive in heaven

Half an hour before the devil knows you're dead

May all your sins be forgiven

Before the devil knows you're dead

May all your sins be forgiven

Before the devil knows

May all your sins be forgiven

Before the devil knows you're dead

May all your sins be forgiven

Just before he knows

May all your sins be forgiven

Before the devil knows you're dead

May all your sins be forgiven

Before you're dead and gone

May all your sins be forgiven

Before the devil knows you're dead

May all your sins be forgiven

Just before he knows

May all your sins be forgiven

Before the devil knows, yeah

May all your sins be forgiven

Just before, before he knows

May all your sins be forgiven

Before the devil knows you're gone

May all your sins be forgiven

Before you're dead and gone

May all your sins be forgiven

May all your sins be forgiven

Before you're dead and gone, yeah

May all your sins be forgiven

May all your sins be forgiven