If I wasn't in a band, I'd probably be a criminal

I estimate my options would be absolutely minimal

I'd be drinkin' all day, but dying of thirst

Smokin' and chokin' and worse

The dead don't dance

The dead don't dance

They just stumble around like zombies in a trance

'Cause the dead don't dance

If I wasn't in a band, they would need to do away with me

They'd put me in the ground with profound animosity

I'd sing to the worms, but they'd turn their back

My beats would be under attack

'Cause the dead don't dance

The dead don't dance

They just stumble around like zombies in a trance

'Cause the dead don't...

I'd try to organize a graveyard hop, oh, yeah

I'd misprioritize, and it'd be a flop, oh, no

So I would be demortalized, but I wouldn't stop

And I'd probably be deported to some other plot, oh

'Cause the dead don't dance

The dead don't dance

They stumble around like zombies in a trance

'Cause the dead don't dance

The dead don't dance

They just stumble around like zombies in a trance

'Cause the dead don't dance