Trouble has always ever managed to find me I do my best but in the end I usually get away That's how it's always been Quite comfortable in fact And now at last you've caught me And it's time to finally pay Is it the dead man walking Who feels the most alive? And you're takin' it to me You sent a shock right through me To begin is a lifetime My partner in crime Your lead dog's off the leash and he has treed me Not the finest hiding place I see in retrospect The only thing to possibly have freed me Was the mercy that I squandered No mercy I expect Is it the dead man walking Who feels the most alive? And you're taking it to me You sent a shock right through me To begin is a lifetime My partner in crime And you're taking it to me You sent a shock right through me To begin this lifetime of a partner in crime Is it the dead man walking Who feels the most alive? And you're taking it to me You sent a shock right through me To begin is a lifetime My partner in crime And you're taking it to me You sent a shock right through me To begin is a lifetime My partner in crime