[Verse 1]
Needles stabbed into the walls
The executioner's curtain call
Fighting back, he found his life drowning
And there was no way out

[Chorus]
'Cause Richard hung himself
Richard hung himself
It happened just the other day
Jesus caught and pushed him off the shelf
He thought he'd find a better way
With slashing, and stabbing
And maiming and ramming

[Verse 2]
Death threw his black curtains
Where his clothes once lied
The roof kicked out and the rope tied to the rafters
A quick kick of the chair
And it was all through
If Richie only knew

[Chorus]
'Cause Richard hung himself
Richard hung himself
It happened just the other day
Jesus caught and pushed him off the shelf
He thought he'd find a better way
With needles, injecting
And shooting subcutaneously
[Bridge]
His life suddenly flashed
Right before his eyes
What a swinging guy
Turning gray with mold
This is when he died

Give it up, give it up
Throw it all away

Burning acid bath
Pulmonary wrath
Feel the boiling surge
It won't let you go

Throw it all away
Throw it all away
Throw it all a...
Throw it all a...
Throw it all away

[Verse 3]
Swinging in his room
Richard won't come out to play
That poor bastard hung himself
The other day
Oh, how the years seem to fly by
Is death the final high?
[Chorus]
'Cause Richard hung himself
Richard hung himself
It happened just the other day
Jesus caught and pushed him off the shelf
He thought he'd find a better way
With slashing and stabbing and ripping
And stabbing and shredding and slashing
And shredding and stabbing and ripping
And tearing, attacking, and maiming
And taking the body that God gave to you

[Refrain]
I gotta get out

[Bridge]
'Cause Richard hung himself
('Cause Richard hung himself)
'Cause Richard swung himself
('Cause Richard hung himself)
'Cause Richard strung himself
('Cause Richard hung himself)

[Outro]
The needle, it stung himself
('Cause Richard hung himself)
They pulled him right off the fucking shelf
('Cause Richard hung himself)
That poor bastard, man, he hung himself
('Cause Richard hung himself)
And fucking think of himself